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Tag Archives: Digital Libraries

Bookmark: High-quality audio copying

12-Apr-11

Interesting 4-part workflow describing a high-quality technique for copying audio from TechKing.

Sources for Disruption of Library Services

04-Apr-11

Business Insider has an interesting argument indicating that Craiglist is being slowly, but surely, disrupted. Generally speaking, Craigslist has been “good enough” to not be disrupted head-on. Nevertheless, the world moves on, and the gaps in their product (due to a stubborn obstinate refusal to invest in technology) grow wider and wider. As tablets, smartphones, [...]

PLE: Curation Micro-Services

03-Jan-11

Over the next year I’m creating a plan for investigating and implementing digital curation micro-services in some form. A first step in this project is a learning environment on the topic.

Gartner’s Hype Cycle 2010 Analysis

09-Oct-10

Gartner has an interesting analysis of current technologies plotted against the Hype Cycle. The Hype Cycle is a model for interpreting technology adoption. According to the model: Technology Trigger: A potential technology breakthrough kicks things off. Early proof-of-concept stories and media interest trigger significant publicity. Often no usable products exist and commercial viability is unproven. [...]

Bookmark: Decapod Project

27-May-10

Decapod is an interesting project with partners from Germany, Canada, and Anarbor, MI and funded through The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. From the site: The solution will address these problem areas: Allow the camera based capture of bound material by using computer vision techniques to produce flat, clean page images equivalent to those produced from [...]

Presentation on building a library app

24-May-10

Tito Sierra has a very interesting presentation on building library web apps, gave recently for the JHU Libraries Assembly. Lots of good references cited. Sierra, T. (forthcoming). “Opportunities for Mobile Enhanced Library Services and Collections”, Johns Hopkins University Libraries Assembly 2010, Baltimore, MD, May 21, 2010. [ppt] via NCSU DLI

2010 Northwest Archivists Presentation

10-May-10

Here are the slides from my recent presentation at the 2010 Northwest Archivists conference in April. This tells of the technical and “mindset” decisions we made for our 2009 digitization project at the National Archives. Great experience in Seattle, I’m glad I attended.

Large file sharing

11-Mar-10

CNET has a good run-down of free and fee-based file sharing services: There are now a handful of free and paid services that make it easy to host these gigantic files and send them to a friend, family member, or business associate.

Scanned Master Files Compared

08-Jul-09

Here’s a quick chart that specifies the amount of disk space a single scanned 8.5″ x 11″ master file will take up.

Review: Scanning Negatives and Slides

11-May-09

This 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.