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+ | ====== Building Collections ====== | ||
+ | //**Part of the [[en: | ||
+ | ===== Greenstone Librarian Interface ===== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | The simplest way to build new collections is to use the **Greenstone Librarian Interface** | ||
+ | (GLI). The GLI is a graphical tool for building new collections, | ||
+ | existing collections, | ||
+ | It allows you to import or assign metadata, and has an interactive collection design module. | ||
+ | Launch the GLI under Windows by selecting // | ||
+ | the //Start// menu and choosing //Librarian Interface// | ||
+ | the // | ||
+ | * [[# | ||
+ | * [[# | ||
+ | * [[# | ||
+ | * [[# | ||
+ | * [[# | ||
+ | * [[# | ||
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+ | In addition, GLI offers a few [[# | ||
+ | its '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | We're going to take a quick look at each of these activities here. For more assistance using the GLI, | ||
+ | there is a [[en: | ||
+ | through the GLI, by clicking **Help** in the upper-right corner of the interface. | ||
+ | |||
+ | To view all of the panels in the GLI, you need to have a collection open. Go to //File -> New...// to | ||
+ | create a new collection. This collection can either be created using the Greenstone defaults, or, | ||
+ | it can be based on any other collection in your library, and will have the same metadata sets, design | ||
+ | and formatting of the base collection. The [[en: | ||
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+ | ==== Downloading Files from the Internet ==== | ||
+ | The [[en: | ||
+ | * **[[en: | ||
+ | * **[[en: | ||
+ | * **[[en: | ||
+ | * **[[en: | ||
+ | * **[[en: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Collecting Files for Your Collection ==== | ||
+ | The [[en: | ||
+ | You can add any files on your computer, and they will be copied into your collection. You can also | ||
+ | rename and remove files from your collection here. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Finally, some files (those that are metadata database file types, such as, MARC, OAI, CDS/ISIS, BibTex, Refer and ProCite) | ||
+ | can include data for many different documents. Because of this, their metadata cannot be immediately viewed/ | ||
+ | Librarian Interface. However, these files can be [[en: | ||
+ | individual records for editing. | ||
+ | ==== Enriching Your Collection with Metadata ==== | ||
+ | After adding documents to your collection, you can manually add metadata for the documents in the [[en: | ||
+ | Metadata can be added for individual documents, multiple documents, and folders. | ||
+ | You can add or remove metadata sets (by default the Dublin Core, Greenstone, and extracted metadata sets are selected). | ||
+ | From this panel, you can also access [[en: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Once you have built your collection (see [[# | ||
+ | any metadata Greenstone has extracted from the files (this is the metadata that begins with '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you don't want to enter metadata using the GLI, there are other options, like having the metadata in a CSV file. You can read more about metadata in Greenstone on the [[en: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Configuring Your Collection ==== | ||
+ | The [[en: | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Plugins === | ||
+ | [[en: | ||
+ | Every document must be processed by a plugin. There are two types of plugins: **Document Plugins** and | ||
+ | **Metadata Plugins**. As their names suggest, document plugins handle the documents that comprise your | ||
+ | collection. The plugin name is often a very good indicator of what documents it will process: | ||
+ | the WordPlugin processes Microsoft Word documents and the ImagePlugin processes image files (e.g. PNG, JPG, GIF). Metadata plugins handle files containing metadata about documents in your collection (e.g. CSV). | ||
+ | |||
+ | For more information on how Greenstone interacts with specific file types, | ||
+ | including which plugins can process them, visit the [[en: | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Searching=== | ||
+ | When determining how users will be able to perform search queries on your collection, you have | ||
+ | three things to consider: the search indexer, the search index(es), and the partition index(es). | ||
+ | |||
+ | For every collection, you can decide which **[[en: | ||
+ | to use—**MG**, | ||
+ | Basically, the indexer determines //how// search indexes will be built, and each indexer works | ||
+ | a bit differently. Depending on the indexer you select, | ||
+ | you can decide to index word stems, ignore case (case folding), ignore accents (accent folding), | ||
+ | and index at the document level, section level, or both (and choose which is the default level). | ||
+ | |||
+ | **[[en: | ||
+ | search indexes to a collection. You can build indexes on the full-text of the documents, | ||
+ | on specific metadata fields (like titles or authors), and on any combination of fields. Indexes | ||
+ | can be searched for particular words, combinations of words, or phrases, and results are | ||
+ | ordered according to how relevant they are to the query. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **[[en: | ||
+ | your collection includes documents in multiple languages, you can create | ||
+ | subsections based on language. You can also create partitions based on the value of any metadata field(s). | ||
+ | |||
+ | **[[en: | ||
+ | is automatically enabled for Greenstone3, | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Browsing === | ||
+ | **[[en: | ||
+ | hierarchical classification structures, and so on. Users can browse interactively around lists, | ||
+ | and hierarchical structures that are generated from the metadata that is associated with | ||
+ | each document in the collection. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The ability to browse collections is handled by **browsing classifiers**. You choose which browsing | ||
+ | classifiers will be created for each collection. | ||
+ | You can create a browsing classifier | ||
+ | for any metadata field (or combination of metadata fields) in your collection. Every classifier | ||
+ | you create results in an additional tab on the navigation bar of your collection' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Configuring classifiers allows you to specify whether the documents | ||
+ | will be displayed on one page or several (and how they will be split into sections, e.g. a specific | ||
+ | number of documents per page or a page for each letter). | ||
+ | |||
+ | <tabbox Greenstone3> | ||
+ | In the **Browsing Classifier** section of the **Design Panel**, you can choose between | ||
+ | two flat-file [[en: | ||
+ | a collection database with [[en: | ||
+ | <tabbox Greenstone2> | ||
+ | In the **Browsing Classifier** section of the **Design Panel**, you can choose the [[en: | ||
+ | a collection database with [[en: | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Producing Your Collection ==== | ||
+ | After adding in your documents, providing metadata, and configuring plugins, indexes, and classifiers, | ||
+ | you are ready to build your collection. This is done in the [[en: | ||
+ | collection builds, information about the build (including what plugin processes each document) | ||
+ | will be displayed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Create panel presents many build options (covered in-depth on the [[en: | ||
+ | One of the most used is the ability to [[en: | ||
+ | expert mode). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Any time you make changes on the **Gather**, **Enrich**, or **Design** panels, | ||
+ | you must rebuild the collection before the changes will take effect. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Customizing Your Collection' | ||
+ | <tabbox Greenstone3> | ||
+ | how your collection looks. You can: | ||
+ | * write the description of your collection | ||
+ | * provide names for search indexes | ||
+ | * choose pictures to represent the collection on the library home page and the header image | ||
+ | * translate pieces of text | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | Most of your time in the Format panel, though, will likely be spent in the Format features section, | ||
+ | where you write [[en: | ||
+ | the format of the content of individual documents pages; of documents in the list of search results; and of | ||
+ | documents in the browsing classifiers. They allow you to specify what metadata is displayed for each document and how it is displayed. They also determine which search pages are enabled (plain, simple, and/or advanced). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Changes in the Format panel do not require the collection to be rebuilt to take effect. | ||
+ | However, for Greenstone3, | ||
+ | changes made in the Format panel. | ||
+ | <tabbox Greenstone2> | ||
+ | Finally, we have the [[en: | ||
+ | how your collection looks. You can: | ||
+ | * write the description of your collection | ||
+ | * provide names for search indexes | ||
+ | * choose pictures to represent the collection on the library home page and the header image | ||
+ | * translate pieces of text | ||
+ | * choose collections for [[en: | ||
+ | * decide which metadata fields should be used to describe new documents added through the Depositor | ||
+ | |||
+ | In addition, if you want to change the style of this collection' | ||
+ | where you can define you own macros for this collection, including macros to add CSS and script. You can | ||
+ | read more about [[en: | ||
+ | Greenstone, and how they can be used to customize your collection. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Most of your time in the Format panel, though, will likely be spent in the Format features section, | ||
+ | where you write [[en: | ||
+ | the format of the content of individual documents pages; of documents in the list of search results; and of | ||
+ | documents in the browsing classifiers. They allow you to specify what metadata is displayed for each document and how it is displayed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Changes in the Format panel do not require the collection to be rebuilt to take effect. | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Additional Options and Features ==== | ||
+ | The GLI '' | ||
+ | **Preferences** allows you to change the | ||
+ | interface language; the **mode**, which effects what functions are accessible in the GLI; and connection | ||
+ | settings (like the web path to Greenstone and proxy settings). | ||
+ | |||
+ | **File Associations** determine which application is used to open each document type when you open documents in the GLI. | ||
+ | <tabbox Greenstone3> | ||
+ | **Export** allows you to [[en: | ||
+ | metadata formats (METS, DSpace, and MARCXML). | ||
+ | <tabbox Greenstone2> | ||
+ | **Export** and **Export to CD/DVD** allow you to [[en: | ||
+ | metadata formats (METS, DSpace, and MARCXML) and into a format that can be used to | ||
+ | write an executable CD-ROM/DVD, respectively. | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | //**Note to Mac users:** Keyboard shortcuts for cut, copy, and paste **within** the GLI are Ctrl-x, Ctrl-c, and Ctrl-v, respectively— | ||
+ | the same as the shortcuts on Windows and Linux. So, if you're going to copy some text from another application | ||
+ | you'd use Apple-c as usual, but to paste this in GLI you would use Ctrl-v. | ||
+ | Alternately, | ||
+ | ===== Other Collection Building Options ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Besides the GLI, there are several other ways to build Greenstone collections: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * You can build collections [[en: | ||
+ | * [[en: | ||
+ | * [[en: | ||
+ | * If you are using Greenstone with [[en: | ||
+ | * It is also possible to build collections from the [[en: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | //**You now know the basics of using Greenstone to build a digital library! But we aren't done | ||
+ | quite yet. It is also important to know how to [[en: | ||
+ | like your own.**// | ||