Jagiellońska Biblioteka Cyfrowa - powstanie i rozwój. Projekt „Jagiellońska Biblioteka Cyfrowa”
The Jagiellonian Digital Library: its beginnings and development. The project entitled Jagiellonian Digital Library

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the Jagiellonian Digital Library, which has been created thanks to the funds granted by the European Union, within the Infrastructure and Environment Operational Programme. The JDL was started on 19th July 2010 in cooperation with the Digital Libraries Federation and, at that time, found itself on the 39th place regarding the number of published digital materials. However, since December 2012, it has conistently held the first place on that list. The JDL is based on the dLibra feramework and has been developed according to an institutional model that mirrors the organisational structure of the Jagiellonian Library. A single digital item is created in the Dublin Core format with the use of the corresponding detailed MARC 21 bibliographic description, which is subsequently converted from the Computer Catalogue of the Jagiellonian University Libraries Collections. At the same time, the Catalogue and JDL are connected via reflexive links. The JBC collections include mainly the digital copies of journals, which are assigned to many facets and arranged in a poly-hierarchical structure, which allows multi-aspect browsing and increases the chances of obtaining information. This article also presents the results of a survey whose aim was to identify the users of the JDL and explore their fields of interest as regards the contents of the collection. The results of this survey were compared with those of the analysis of the log files from the Apache server, which contains the Lector Application of the system dLibra JDL. In effect, JDL achieved the desired results, moreover, it demonstrated sufficient browsing parametres. The analysis ended with a brief prognosis of the prospects of the development of JDL.

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