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 [...]
Tag Archives: Digital Libraries
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27-May-10Presentation on building a library app
24-May-10Tito 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-10Here 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-10CNET 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-09Here’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-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.
Library Usability Links 2/26/09
26-Feb-09A short Harvard Business Review article highlights the importance of ethnographic studies to inform strategy. Via Experientia, Christian Lindholm identifies three layers of UX in mobile phone design: Bling, Control, and Utility Andy Rutledge analyzes the CNN page design for something he labels “quiet structure”. Spoonfed Design identifies six measures of goodness in Apple’s site [...]
I’m archiving this review, originally published on The Tech Static:
Dalston, Teresa R. and Michael Pullin. Virtual Reference on a Budget: Case Studies.