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Janine Dunlop UCT Libraries. DigiTool : a solution for your digital collections. Digital Collections are everywhere on campus. http://www.zamani-project.org/. http://cca.uct.ac.za/collections/photography/. http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/cfpm/whatdo.htm. lloydbleekcollection.cs.uct.ac.za.
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Janine Dunlop UCT Libraries DigiTool: a solution for your digital collections
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Modules on DigiTool • Academic self-submission • Collection management (for arranging objects, adding thumbnails and descriptive metadata) • JPEG 2000 viewer • OAI interoperability (harvesting) module
DigiTool is Open Access-Friendly • “The initial trials and first live projects demonstrate that DigiTool is a proprietary software solution with all the capabilities required to create an open access digital repository.” (Setting up a university digital repository: experience with DigiTool. Valerie Stevenson, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK) • “The project team was able to successfully register the Research Archive with open access harvesters such as OAISTER” (Sue Hodges, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. DOI: 10.1108/10650750810847242 )
Some examples of DigiTool Sites • University of Melbourne • Universiteit Leiden • McGill Library • Universidad Autonoma de Madrid • Boston College • Nottingham Trent University • Liverpool John Moores University
DigiTool Hierarchy ThesesResearch Documents Digital CollectionsFinding Aids Faculty of Health SciencesFaculties Collection TitlesCollection Titles Faculty of Humanities Faculty of EBE Faculty of Law Faculty of Science Faculty of Commerce
Theses Research Documents Digital Collections Finding Aids
http://www.digitool.uct.ac.za http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/digitisation http://www.lib.uct.ac.za