ONeDL : Open Network of Digital Libraries

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1 Presentation
2 Initial collections include:
3 Initial services include:
4 Members
- 4.1 Initial members of the network are:
- 4.2 New members:
5 Available Documents
- 5.1 Software :

[edit] Presentation

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

The Corporation of Universities for the Development of Internet in Mexico (CUDI) 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 CUDI 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.

[edit] Initial collections include:

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

[edit] Initial services include:

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

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

[edit] Members

[edit] Initial members of the network are:

Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (BUAP)
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM Campus Monterrey)
Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. Jose Maria Luis Mora (MORA)
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico (UAEM)
Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi (UASLP)
Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)
Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLA)
Universidad Veracruzana (UV)
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)

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

[edit] 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.