The recent discussions about newspapers has got me thinking about the history, and costs, of information. Recently we just digitized a rather large collection of microfilm and are getting it ready to publish it on the library’s website.
Category Archives: Digital Libraries
The fading costs of content
09-Jun-09Recently I was tasked to come up with a current awareness tool that tracks the ongoing debate surrounding Net Neutrality. The challenge for this project was to create something that wouldn’t just capture all activity for the keywords, but to filter out everything except for articles with the most social activity.
Social Proof article update
15-May-09The question this article seeks to ask is: to what extent can the library website framework, with all of its catalogs, vendors, guides, etc., become recognized as an authority in the subject of research?
Review: Scanning Negatives and Slides
11-May-09This book is a valuable addition to the field of digitizing negatives and slides. It covers a wide range of topics, including hardware considerations (from scanners and digital SLR cameras to flatbed and specialized film scanners); readers will also find a nice overview, with workflows, of image capture and editing software.
Google’s Similar Images and Art Research
22-Apr-09Found via DigitalKoans, Google Labs has just released a “similar images” search engine.
Instructables Book Ripper
21-Apr-09This Instructables set by Daniel Reetz is an exciting hack. He lays out a plan for building a two-camera book scanner with V-shaped platen.
Archive: Photoshop CS4 books reviewed
12-Apr-09I’m archiving this book review, originally found at The Tech Static:
I’m archiving this review, originally published on The Tech Static:
Dalston, Teresa R. and Michael Pullin. Virtual Reference on a Budget: Case Studies.
Bookmark: How to Evaluate a Scanner
02-Feb-09Here’s a bookmark link to a document on How to Evaluate a Scanner from Derek Jenkins of IImage Retrieval, Inc.
UConn Survey on JPEG2000 Use
02-Feb-09Found this posted earlier last week via Digital Koans: Digital Project Staff Survey of JPEG 2000 Implementation in Libraries