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Digital Documentation Center - American University of Beirut
- Competence Center Acronym
- DDC
- URL
- http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/
- Body / mechanism / institution name
- Computing and Network Services
- Institution English name
- Computing and Network Services
- Institution Acronym
- CNS
- Department_Generate Directorate_Bureau_Service Name
- American University of Beirut
- Mail address
- P.O.Box 11-0236 / CNS, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020
- Country
- Lebanon
- Tel.
- +961-1-340460 / 350000 ext. 2260
- E-mail
- nabil@aub.edu.lb
- URL
- http://cns.aub.edu.lb/cns/
- Type of institution
- Private education and research
- Sector
- University
- Legal status
- Private
- Institution Description
- AUB is a private university registered with and recognized by the Department of Education of New York State and accredited with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
- Contact Person name
- Nada Sbaiti
- Contact Person Gender
- Female
- Contact Person Title
- Webmaster
- Institution
- American University of Beirut, Computing & Networking Services
- Address
- P.O.Box 11-0236 / CNS, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020
- Country
- Lebanon
- Tel.
- +961-1-340460 / 350000 ext. 2260
- Fax
-
- E-mail
- nada.sbaiti@aub.edu.lb
- Contact languages
- English, Arabic, French
- Competence Centre Description
- The Digital Documentation Center provides general and specialized digitization services for various departments at AUB.
- ACQUISITION AND HARVESTING: 2D objects
- Scanning and high resolution photographic digitization services.
- ACQUISITION AND HARVESTING: 3D management of data
- 3D VR representation with photographic and modelling technique
- ACQUISITION AND HARVESTING: Multimedia platforms
- HTML 2.0 - Concentrates on sustainable archival and distribution by using open standards.
- ACQUISITION AND HARVESTING: Other
- Open standards
- DOCUMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT - Data Management and Information Systems
- Flat file and simple, sustainable SQL databases
- DOCUMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT: Standardisation
- Open standards
- VISUALISATION: a. 2D Graphical User Interface
- HTML 2.0
- VISUALISATION: 3D Modelling
- VRML
- VISUALISATION: Virtual and augmented reality
- QuickTime VR
- ACCESS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES: Websites
- HTML 2 (http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/)
- ACCESS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES: Virtual exhibitions
- HTML 2 (http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/)
- ACCESS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES: Digital libraries
- Various (http://www.aub.edu.lb/libraries/)
- OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AND SPECIFIC INTERESTS: Short and long-term preservation
- Digitized material is stored on migrating disk systems, tape, and DVD back-up
- OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AND SPECIFIC INTERESTS: IPR
- All material is the copyright of AUB or cooperating partners. Creative Commons licensing under consideration.
- OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AND SPECIFIC INTERESTS: Multilingualism
- English and Arabic are implemented with UNICODE