Research and Development

The Digital Library Systems and Services mission includes researching and developing new technologies and ideas. In pursuit of that mission, we have a number of ongoing research projects encompassing the spectrum of library activities. These projects include:

• Leveraging Web 2.0 emerging features and functionality to support a richer, more dynamic information delivery environment. Initial focus: RSS feeds to provide a more dynamic view of the library catalog
• JPEG2000 software, to render the next evolutionary stage of image-based collections over the Web
• Investigating a number of open source repositories to adopt and leverage their components, and to federate with their systems
• Active investigation of different storage platforms to allow scalable, sustainable storage of digital content
• Investigating text analysis tools such as foreign language OCR and automatic metadata generation in order to better process, categorize and recommend documents
• Developing automated processes using vendor, open source, and in-house technologies to simplify and strengthen internal workflows
• Creating and publishing tools, processes, and ideas related to digitization, digital preservation, and library systems to publicize and distribute the products of our research