ADL Alexandria digital Library – Davidson Library, UCSB Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) Brief intro to ADL Item vs Collection Level Metadata Collection Level Metadata What is it? What does it allow us to do? Why is it important for the Individual DL software Collection discovery service
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ADLAlexandria digital Library – Davidson Library, UCSB
Alexandria Digital Library (ADL)
Brief intro to ADLItem vs Collection Level Metadata
Collection Level MetadataWhat is it?What does it allow us to do?Why is it important for the
IndividualDL softwareCollection discovery service
ADLAlexandria digital Library – Davidson Library, UCSB
Intro to ADL - Mission
To provide a distributed spatially searchable digital library of geographically referenced materials.
The library's components may be distributed (spread across the Internet) or coexist within a single network or desktop.
ADLAlexandria digital Library – Davidson Library, UCSB
Facilitate spatial searching for a variety of information
Botanical Survey
Archeological Digs
Geographical Data Archives
Museum Artifacts
Art about …
Zoological Habitat Study
Books about …
Earth Science Data
ADLAlexandria digital Library – Davidson Library, UCSB
Intro to ADL
Provides quick and accurate answers to the question "What data is available for this geographic area?“
Provides both, online spatial content and metadata of library holdings for local and distributed collections.
Internet discovery, access and delivery.
ADLAlexandria digital Library – Davidson Library, UCSB