Tools for Building the Digital Library

CONTENTS: | Tools for Clients | Tools for Servers |

Tools for Clients
	Adobe Acrobat Reader Adobe Acrobat allows document producers to distribute exact facsimiles of their documents to a wide network audience. Adobe makes the software to read these documents freely available for various platforms.
	Ariel Document Delivery Software Information on how to deliver documents over the Internet using the Ariel software from the Research Libraries Group.
	CALIPR : Preservation Planning Software An MS-Windows program to assess the preservation needs of book and document collections for institutional or statewide planning.
	PKUnzip To decompress PC files compressed in the "zip" format.
	QuickTime Virtual Reality Download your free MS Windows viewer from Apple Computer.
	Real Player Delivers sound over the Internet. Get your free player here and hook it up to your Web browser. Those who want to serve sound can look into their Real Audio server (see below).

Tools for Servers
	Dienst A protocol/server for providing centralized searching of a physically distributed collection.
	mSQL: Mini SQL A small but free or low-cost (see licensing information) Structure Query Language (SQL) database program.
	Real Audio Delivers sound over the Internet to Real Audio clients.
	SWISH-Enhanced Fast, free and flexible search software optimized for Web servers. The Digital Library SunSITE uses SWISH-E extensively.