The Digital Knowledge Center (DKC) is the digital library research and
development department within the Sheridan Libraries of the
Johns Hopkins University. The DKC
research agenda focuses on the ingestion of and access to materials in
digital libraries. Our projects emphasize the development of automated
tools,
systems, and software to reduce the costs and resources associated with
converting the vast knowledge within print materials into digital form.
Fundamentally, the DKC R&D efforts emphasize a combination of
automated
technologies with strategic human intervention.
The DKC:
- Conducts research and development related to digital
libraries in
collaboration with faculty, librarians, and archivists both within and
beyond Johns Hopkins University.
- Provides expertise to facilitate the creation of
digital library
materials and services.
- Supports assessment and evaluation of digital
libraries
through
usability research and economic analyses.
- Provides leadership in fostering an environment and
culture which is
conducive to advancing the library and university in the information age
DKC staff members have published many
academic
papers that help to promote an in-depth understanding among colleagues
of the complex technical projects on which the Center works.
The work of the DKC has been featured in articles or news stories
by the New York Times, Baltimore Magazine, Tech TV, United Press
International (UPI), and the Congressional Internet Caucus.
DKC projects have been funded by the
National Science
Foundation, the
Institute of
Museum and Library Services, the
Mellon Foundation, a technology entrepreneurial group in Maryland,
corporations and individual donors.
