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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 • Petra Chronicle: historical documents of Petra Christian University.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). 2
It is clear from the comparison that Desa Informasi has broadened the scope of possible contents collected. All the above collections can be searched and browsed from the library online catalog accessible at http://dewey.petra.ac.id. The online catalog integrates the digital collections into the whole library resources by providing a universal user interface for traditional (metada only) and digital collections (metadata and fulltext/image). The user interface of the online catalog for digital collections is designed to maximize the user experience in exploring the wealth of the resources. However technical aspects, including the development of the user interface, are beyond the scope of this paper. Universal User Interface for Local eContent Collections – Petra Christian University Library How the Collections are Developed There are numerous ways in which the Local eContent collections are developed with one thing in common among them, which is utilizing the formal administrative systems of the university. However they were usually collected sporadically in their initial stages of development until the formal collection systems are established. Digital Theses collection is developed through the deposit system developed by the library, which has been endorsed and supported by the university president. All academic departments have implemented the system. eDIMENSI collection is developed through a formal cooperation with the University Research Center, the administrator of the publication of DIMENSI journals. Petra iPoster is developed through a formal cooperation with the University Public Relation Office, which is responsible for the endorsement of all forms 3
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