The New Zealand Digital Library system comprises several demonstration collections -- computer science technical reports and bibliographies, literary works, humanitarian and development information, magazines -- and makes them available over the Web through full-text interfaces. Behind the query interface lies a huge collection providing gigabytes of information. We hope you find what you want, or at least something intriguing!
The Greenstone Digital Library software provides a new way of organizing information and making it available over the Internet. A collection of information comprises several (typically several thousand, or even several million) documents, which share a uniform searching and browsing interface. The collections in a library are organized in a different way--though they share a strong family resemblance. Although primarily designed for access over the Web, Greenstone collections can be made available, in precisely the same form, on CD-ROM for standalone PCs. Greenstone is open-source software, available under the terms of the Gnu public linense.
The goal of our research program is to explore the potential of internet-based digital libraries. Our vision is to develop systems that automatically impose structure on anarchic, uncatalogued, distributed repositories of information, thereby providing information consumers with effective tools to locate what they need and to peruse it conveniently and comfortably. Our research objectives are to
Global Help Projects vzwGlobal Help Projects is a registered charity responsible for the Humanity Libraries Project that provides universal low-cost information access through co-operation between UN Agencies, universities and NGOs. Global Help Projects collaborate extensively with the NZDL project, and use the Greenstone software. |
DigiLib Systems LimitedDigiLib Systems Limited is an innovative software company that creates international digital libraries. As a major contributor to the Greenstone Digital Library Software they are able to build, customize, and extend digital libraries to meet exacting needs. Please contact them for an obligation free quote. |
kia hora te marino,
kia tere te karohirohi,
kia papapounamu te moana
may peace and calmness surround you,
may you reside in the warmth of a summer's haze,
may the ocean of your travels be as smooth as the polished greenstone.
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_textgreenstone_ {
Greenstone is a semi-precious stone that (like
this software) is sourced in New Zealand. In traditional Maori society it
was the most highly prized and sought after of all substances. It can
absorb and hold wairua, which is a spirit or life force, and is
endowed with traditional virtues that make it an appropriate emblem for a
public-domain digital library project. Its lustre shows charity; its
translucence, honesty; its toughness, courage; and the sharp edge it can
take, justice. The carved piece used in the Greenstone Digital Library
Software logo is a patu or fighting club, and is a family heirloom
of one of our project members. In hand-to-hand combat its delivery is very
quick, very accurate, and very complete. We like to think these qualities
also apply to our software, the razor sharp edge of the patu
symbolizing the leading edge of technology.
Greenstone Digital Library Software
Computer Science Department,
University of Waikato, New Zealand
October 1999
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_textpagetitle_ {NZDL: People}
_textsmallrs_ {Related Staff}
_textsawnzdl_ {Staff associated with the New Zealand Digital Library
project are:}
_texttrsaawp_ {These research students and software support people are associated with the project:}
_textstafftable_ {
| Ian Witten | Project leader; co-author of Managing Gigabytes |
| Mark Apperley | User interfaces for readers |
| David Bainbridge | Musical and Web-based collections; optical music recognition |
| Sally Jo Cunningham | Collections and usage studies |
| Steve Jones | Phrase-based interfaces, collaborative browsing, usage analysis |
| Te Taka Keegan | Maori language systems | Malika Mahoui | Text mining, Arabic interfaces |
| George Buchanan | Systems support |
| Stefan Boddie | Systems support |
| Rodger McNab | Systems support |
| YingYing Wen | Text mining, Chinese libraries |
| Stuart Yeates | Text mining, acronym extraction |
| Mark Abrahams | Client-side browsing interfaces using Java |
| Tim Bell | Co-author of Managing Gigabytes |
| Matt Humphrey | Information visualization in the digital library |
| Stuart Inglis | Document image analysis and optical character recognition |
| Trent Mankelow | School Journal prototype |
| Bruce McKenzie | Original interface to MG |
| Alistair Moffat | Co-author of Managing Gigabytes, created the MG software |
| Todd Reed | PostScript to text conversion, user interface, WWW server, index building, FTP |
| Don Smith | Special needs of libraries for mathematical and theoretical materials |
| Che Tamahori | Designer of New Zealand Digital Library Web pages |
| Bill Teahan | Language modeling |
| Mahendra Vallabh | Original FTP script |
| Lloyd Smith | Music collections and music retrieval |
| John Venable | Requirements for digital libraries, and collections for information systems |
| Elke Duenker | Cross-cultural issues |
| Craig Nevill-Manning | PostScript to text conversion, user interface, WWW server, index building, FTP |
| Nina Reeves | Librarians and library users |
| Yin Leng Theng | Digital libraries for schools |
| Harold Thimbleby | User interfaces for digital libraries |
There are several freely available technologies underlying the New Zealand Digital Library:
Maintenance and administration services available include: view on-line logs; create, maintain and update collections; and access technical information such as CGI arguments. These services are accessed using the side navigation bar on the lefthand side of the page. } #------------------------------------------------------------ # icons #------------------------------------------------------------ ###################################################################### # html package package html ###################################################################### #------------------------------------------------------------ # text macros #------------------------------------------------------------ _textframebrowser_ {You must have a frame enabled browser to view this.} #------------------------------------------------------------ # icons #------------------------------------------------------------ ###################################################################### # external link package package extlink ###################################################################### #------------------------------------------------------------ # text macros #------------------------------------------------------------ _textextlink_ {External Link} _textlinknotfound_{Internal Link not Found} _textextlinkcontent_ {The link you have selected is external to any of your currently selected collections. If you still wish to view this link and your browser has access to the Web, you can go forward to this page; otherwise use your browsers "back" button to return to the previous document.} _textlinknotfoundcontent_ {For reasons beyond our control, the internal link you have selected does not exist. This is probably due to an error in the source collection. Use your browsers "back" button to return to the previous document.} # should have arguments of collection, collectionname and link _foundintcontent_ {
The link you have selected is external to the "_collectionname_" collection (it links to the "_2_" collection). If you wish to view this link in the "_2_" collection you can go forward to this page; otherwise use your browsers "back" button to return to the previous document. } #------------------------------------------------------------ # icons #------------------------------------------------------------ ###################################################################### # authentication page package authen ###################################################################### #------------------------------------------------------------ # text macros #------------------------------------------------------------ _textGSDLtitle_ {Greenstone Digital Library} _textusername_ {username} _textpassword_ {password} _textmessageinvalid_ {The page you have requested requires you to sign in. Please enter your username and password.} _textmessagefailed_ {Either your user name or password was incorrect.} _textmessagedisabled_ {Sorry, your account has been disabled. Please contact the webmaster for this site.} _textmessagepermissiondenied_ {Sorry, you do not have permission to access this page.} _textmessagestalekey_ {The link you have followed is now stale. Please enter your password to access this page.} #------------------------------------------------------------ # icons #------------------------------------------------------------