I was presenting my masters work to my colleagues in the digital libraries research group. It was a 15 minute presentation on what I have done thus far and how I intend to proceed. And Yes! I've decided to maintain this slide template.

1. A Lightweight Digital
Library Framework
May 24, 2012

2. Overview

3. Motivation
● Complexity of existing solutions
– Preservation costs
● Initial, maintenance and recovery costs
● Funding
– Resource limitation
● Skills and education
– Internet Bandwidth
● Expensive in developing countries

4. Previous research projects
● 2007
– Digital Bleek& Lloyd
● DL without databases
● 2010
– CALJAX
● Hybrid online/offline DL collections
● 2011
– Bonolo

5. Research questions
● Is it feasible to implement DL tools and
services that are based on simple
architectures?
– How should simplicity be defined?
– What are the comparative advantages
and disadvantages of simple
architectures in comparison to existing
systems?

6. Plan A

7. Initial plan
● Pilot study
– Digital library collection prototype
● Theory derivation
– simplyCT principles
– Case study of existing tools
● Design and Implementation
– Extension of prototype DLS (Bonolo)
– Collection integration

8. Progress made
● Research Proposal
● Definition of simplicity
– Derivation of principles
● Publication
– DJLIT: In Search of Simplicity
● Background chapter
– Draft #1

9. Plan B

10. TODO list
● Implementation
– SimplyCT-base tool: August 2012
● Evaluation
– User study: July 2012
– UX study: August 2012
– Effectiveness: October 2012
● Dissertation
– Submission: February 2012

11. Thank you