ONeDL : Open Network of Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries are virtual spaces that mediate access, use and generation of knowledge.

The Corporation of Universities for the Development of Internet in Mexico promotes the development of digital libraries. The Open Network of Digital Libraries (ONeDL, or "RABiD" after its initials in Spanish) integrates and consolidates efforts of the corporation members to promote federated access to their collections and services. Software and standards will be produced in order to facilitate the inclusion of more Digital Libraries into ONeDL.

Initial collections include

• Digital Theses
• Publications by ONeDL members
• Public academic papers
• Digitized Ancient Books Collections

Initial services include

• Metasearch engines
• Virtual Reference environments
• Collection visualization
• Infrastructure for personal collections
• Collaborative recommendation

This network will take advantage of ongoing developments at each of its member institutions.

Members

Initial members of the network are

• Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)
• Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM Campus Monterrey)
• Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora (MORA)
• Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM)
• Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP)
• Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)
• Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLA)
• Universidad Veracruzana (UV)
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

This is an open network so new members will be added to this list.

New members

• Texas A&M University Libraries

Through its Mexico City Center, the Libraries of Texas A&M University make their aerial scanning equipment available to all network members interested in digitizing ancient books and archives.

• Universidad de Sonora
• Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo
• Universidad de Colima (UCOL)

Available documents

Home Page ONeDL : Open Network of Digital Libraries

Software

• VOAI OAI-PMH metadata server generator for relational databases
• XOAI OAI-PMH metadata server generator for xml databases
• xmLibris digitized documents administrator
• CIText digitized ancient books administrator
• [PDLib] [1] Personal Digital Library

Project communication:

• ONeDL Wiki, official community wiki
• ONeDL Bulletin Board for comments, questions and discussions from members and not members.

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