| Greenstone Digital Library Software | |
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 Greenstone's Graphical Librarian Interface (GLI) v2. 74 |
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| Developed by | University of Waikato |
| Latest release | Greenstone2: 2. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of The University of Waikato ( Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) is located in Hamilton and Tauranga, New Zealand, and was established in 1964 A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 74, Greenstone3: 3. 02 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Genre | Digital Libraries |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www.greenstone.org |
Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections. An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination In computing cross-platform (also known as multi-platform) is a term used to refer to Computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use A digital library is a Library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print Microform, or other media and accessible by computers A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages It is not a digital library but a tool for building digital libraries. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM in the form of a fully-searchable, metadata-driven digital library. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks CD-ROM (an initialism of "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory " is a pre-pressed Compact Disc that contains data accessible to but not writable It is open-source, multilingual software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge
Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato, and has been developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO in Belgium. The University of Waikato ( Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato) is located in Hamilton and Tauranga, New Zealand, and was established in 1964 United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 Its developers received the 2004 IFIP Namur award for “contributions to the awareness of social implications of information technology, and the need for an holistic approach in the use of information technology that takes account of social implications. ” The company DL Consulting provides Greenstone commercial consulting, customization, support, maintenance and hosting services.
External links
- Official page
- Greenstone Wiki
- The New Zealand Digital Library, hosted with Greenstone
- DL Consulting: A company that specializes in the Greenstone suite
- Opalle Innovation, who offer technical support and hosting services for Greenstone users
References
- Greenstone. org (University of Waikato). The Official Greenstone website. Retrieved 7 August 2007. (This website is a main official source of information about the Greenstone Digital Library Software. )
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