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about_this_manual

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About this manual This manual provides a comprehensive description of how to use the Greenstone software for accessing and building digital library collections. Section overview_of_greenstone gives an overview of the capabilities of the software. Section using_greenstone_collections explains how to use Greenstone collections. The interface is self-explanatory—the best way to learn is by doingand this section comprises the on-line help information for a typical collection. Section

administration

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Administration An “administrative” facility is included with every Greenstone installation.To access this facility, click the appropriate link on the front page. The entry page, shown in Figure , gives information about each of the collections offered by the system. Note that

appendix_a_software_features

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Appendix A Software features < - 132 397 > Accessible via web browser Collections are accessed through a standard web browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) and combine easy-to-use browsing with powerful search facilities.

appendix_b_glossary_of_terms

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Appendix B Glossary of terms < - 123 406 > Term Meaning autoconf Unix program used to configure the Greenstone software installation package to suit your system Autorun Windows feature that starts a program automatically whenever a CD-ROM is inserted

making_greenstone_collections

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Making Greenstone Collections The simplest way to build new collections is to use Greenstone's “librarian” interface (GLI). This allows you to collect sets of documents, import or assign metadata, and build them into a Greenstone collection. It supports five basic activities, which can be interleaved but are nominally undertaken in this order:

overview_of_greenstone

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Overview of Greenstone Greenstone is a comprehensive system for constructing and presenting collections of thousands or millions of documents, including text, images, audio and video. Collections A typical digital library built with Greenstone will contain many collections, individually organized—though they bear a strong family resemblance. Easily maintained, collections can be augmented and rebuilt automatically.

using_greenstone_collections

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Using Greenstone Collections The Greenstone software is designed to be easy to use. Web-based and CD-ROM collections have interfaces that are identical. Installing the Greenstone software from CD-ROM on any Windows or Linux computer is very easy indeed; a standard installation setup program is used in conjunction with pre-compiled binaries. A collection can be used locally on the computer where it is installed; also, if this computer is connected to a network, the software automatically and tra…