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then developed into a much bigger project as various local information resources were
identified within Petra Christian University.
It is important to mention that there is a widespread perception among Indonesians that
everything from overseas is good, and everything local is mediocre. This perception is
also insidiously prevalent among librarians and other information workers. It has
contributed to the low appreciation of local information resources, which in the end
impeding the development of such resources.
Thus the project serves two purposes. It generates various local information resources to
be used as learning resources for various user communities. It also serves as a showcase
to establish precedence that something local can be of good quality, annulling the
negative prevalent perception that everything local is mediocre. In this context
digitization adds the appeal of the information resources to users, besides the obvious
advantage of digitization, which is broadening the access to the resources.
Local eContent Collections in Desa Informasi
The following Local eContent collections are currently available in Desa Informasi:
• Digital Theses: Petra Christian University theses collection in digital format; mostly
PDF documents. There are also an increasing number of multimedia resources
generated by the Faculty of Art and Design.
• eDIMENSI: digital version of articles of DIMENSI, scientific journals published by
various academic departments of Petra Christian University.
• Petra@rt Gallery: works of art by Petra Christian University communities (mostly
students’ works) or works of art that are
exhibited/displayed at Petra Christian
University campus; mostly photographs. The
collection contains wonderful visual
resources, capturing and immortalizing the
intrinsic knowledge and values of art in the
works documented. Some of the wonderful
Batik pattern in Nusantara Bersatu
themes are the Visual Poetry, Café Décor,
Chairs of Indonesia, Destination Branded,
Nusantara Bersatu (United Archipelago), etc.
• Petra iPoster: posters of events or issues related to Petra Christian University.
• Petra Chronicle: historical documents of Petra Christian University.
• Surabaya Memory: documentation of Surabaya city’s historical and cultural heritage;
mostly old documents, photographs, and maps. However a number of Digital Theses
documents – that capture the development of Surabaya city historically, socially,
culturally, and economically – are also included in this collection.
As comparisons, SPARC lists possible content of an Institutional Repository as published
material and gray literature. Gray literature includes preprints, curriculum support and
teaching materials, and electronic theses and dissertations (Crow, 2002:25-29).
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