Digitize Your Collections with Greenstone Digital Library Software: An Open Source Kanwaljit Kaur Dhindsa Librarian, Central Library, Guru Nanak Dev Engg. College, Ludhiana-141006 E-mail:[email protected]ABSTRACT As the digitization is very costly process from ever but the another way which will provide the dare to digitize the library collections is open source softwares, which will definitely save lots of money, proposed to be spent on the designing of web site and retrieval system to make a digital library. So many open sources are available for such jobs including D-space and Greenstone. This paper emphasis's the practical implementation of an open source i.e. Greenstone
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Digitize Your Collections with Greenstone Digital Library Software:
An Open Source
Kanwaljit Kaur Dhindsa
Librarian, Central Library, Guru Nanak Dev Engg. College, Ludhiana-141006
Then press next to continue the installation process->
Accept the Terms & Conditions->Click Next->
Browse the directory from your computer where you want to install the S/W->
Click web library->click next
Provide the password for admin user->like here the password “admin” entered for admin user
Click install:
Installation in process:
Follow the further instructions & click on next whenever required:
->Click Finish when installation completed
Check the destination folder i. e. D:/Program files/Greenstone where the software is actually installed.
Then make the Software web enable by performing the following steps:
Go to D:\Program Files->Greenstone Folder->write click on the folder & select the properties-
>Click on Properties
Now click the option “share this folder” & fill the alias=gsdl, Access permission=read only &
application permissions=executes (includes scripts)->click ok
It will look like below image:
Then, again go to control panel->administrative tools->
IIS->expand the local computer/server -> expand the websites->expand the default websites-
>select “gsdl”->open it's properties->set execute permissions=Scripts & executables->Press the
create button-> then set Application permissions=Medium(pooled)->
Then click on the tab “Directory Security”->edit the anonymous access and authentication control-
> click anonymous access and allow IIS to control password and also click the integrated windows
authentication-> Apply->Ok
Now Check the installed program from the Start Menu, you will find Greenstone software with it's
Librarian Interface which is required by the librarians to create digital collections.
Creating A Collection:Click on the Librarian Interface and it will initiate the creation process
Initiating Librarian Interface
If the Librarian Interface show any warning message, simply close it and wait for the Librarian
interface window:
Inside Librarian Interface:
Click on File and Click on New to create a new digital collection:
Write the collection Name and description like “Abstracts” and then click OK. It will create a new
collection with the given name:with the given name:
Creating a new collection named “abstracts”
Gather tab Gather tab -> Browse your system/CD/any other drive and select the files you want to download-> Browse your system/CD/any other drive and select the files you want to download
(To select more than one files, select th 1(To select more than one files, select th 1stst file with mouse then hold down file with mouse then hold down the “shift key” and finely
click on the last file.)-> drag those files within collection as shown below.)-> drag those files within collection as shown below.
If it suggest to add any Plugin-> simply click add Plugin or OKIf it suggest to add any Plugin-> simply click add Plugin or OK
Enrich tabEnrich tab->to read the bibliographic or any other information, you can also open the downloaded->to read the bibliographic or any other information, you can also open the downloaded
files in external programs, to do this simply right click on the file and click on “open in externalfiles in external programs, to do this simply right click on the file and click on “open in external
program”program”
Assign meta data with Dublin core standards i. e. dc.* etc. like dc.title. Existing values of the alreadyAssign meta data with Dublin core standards i. e. dc.* etc. like dc.title. Existing values of the already
filled meta data are also shown, you can also select any value from them, if it is same for more than onefilled meta data are also shown, you can also select any value from them, if it is same for more than one
files like date of creation it may be same for 10 or 20 files.files like date of creation it may be same for 10 or 20 files.
Now save the assigned meta data , clicking on “save” option from File Menu ile Menu
Design tabDesign tab->->search Indexessearch Indexes->delete existing indexes like ->delete existing indexes like ex.title and ex.sourceex.title and ex.source etc. which follows etc. which follows
the standards other than Dublin Core.the standards other than Dublin Core.
Now Create New Indexes, just click on “New Index” & add the required indexes one by one startingNow Create New Indexes, just click on “New Index” & add the required indexes one by one starting
from dc.* if following Dublin core Meta data standards. The dc.* represents the Dublin Core Metafrom dc.* if following Dublin core Meta data standards. The dc.* represents the Dublin Core Meta
data standards.data standards.
Browsing classifiers-Browsing classifiers->repeat the process likewise index's->delete the existing classifiers->click “Add >repeat the process likewise index's->delete the existing classifiers->click “Add
classifiers” to define New Classifiers.classifiers” to define New Classifiers.
Add the required classifiers one by one starting from dc.* if you are following Dublin core Meta data Add the required classifiers one by one starting from dc.* if you are following Dublin core Meta data
standards.standards.
In this “Abstract” Collection, the defined classifiers are as under->
Format tabFormat tab->fill the creator's and maintainer's e-mail id. Also browse the image or put the URL of->fill the creator's and maintainer's e-mail id. Also browse the image or put the URL of
image for home page or about page icon for your collection as mentioned below.image for home page or about page icon for your collection as mentioned below.
Create TabCreate Tab->Click the button “->Click the button “Build collection” ->Build collection” -> wait and watch progress
Wait for the following message i.e. “collection has been built & ready for previewing”.Then check the Wait for the following message i.e. “collection has been built & ready for previewing”.Then check the
statistics for processing like it will show you that how many documents were considered for processingstatistics for processing like it will show you that how many documents were considered for processing
and how many was processed and pending-> Then Press “OK”and how many was processed and pending-> Then Press “OK”
Now the collection is ready for user's access, one can see it at the following URLNow the collection is ready for user's access, one can see it at the following URL
Server: http://localhost/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.exe
The newly created collection “Abstracts” is shown as a image because earlier in “Format” tab,
we put the URL for this image. Now just click on this image to open the collection.
you can also check it from another computer(client) on the LAN writing the IP address instead of local