Building Standardized Digital Collections: resCarta Tools, a Demo

Abstract

ResCarta Tools are a suite of open source software applications which can assist in the creation of standardized digital objects. ResCarta Tools are open and modular in their design. Modules for creating digital objects store the metadata in Library of Congress METS/ MODS/MIX XML formats. Collection and indexing modules create LUCENE indexes for high speed fielded and full text retrieval of objects. The tools have been used to create digital collections from a variety of analog and digital sources. Collections can be hosted on the web using Apache TOMCAT and the ResCarta WEB application, which provides inline metadata using COINS. Integrating the use of DLESE OAI is done using the Collection Manager METS XML data. The tools have been used by small public libraries to host a dozen pamphlets and aerospace manufactures to host tens of thousands of documents and millions of pages.