[MCN-L] Tiny URLs

2009-10-27 Thread Tim Au Yeung
Library is also spearheading a resolver service (n2t.info) for pointing to a digital object. Tim -- Tim Au Yeung Manager, Digital Object Repository Technology Libraries and Cultural Resources University of Calgary ytau

[MCN-L] Inspirational Archives

2007-09-26 Thread Tim Au Yeung
Ray Shah wrote: Dear All, (Apologies for duplication MCN/MCG subscribers) I am hoping you can help me find what I would in short describe as an inspirational (digital) archive. Models for us to follow. I am referring to the kind of resource that will facilitate both novice and expert

[MCN-L] [Digital Media SIG] Thoughts for a Digital Media SIG sponsored session or two?

2007-02-08 Thread Tim Au Yeung
- Tim Au Yeung Manager, Digital Object Repository Technology Libraries and Cultural Resources University of Calgary (403) 220-8975 ytau(at)ucalgary(dot)ca

[MCN-L] Digital Media SIG Meeting Official Notice

2006-11-07 Thread Tim Au Yeung
, Nov. 10 at 12:00 pm. We'll meet at the registration desk and determine location from there -- I've requested a conference room so we can meet relatively noise free if necessary. Hope to see you there! Tim Au Yeung Digital Media SIG Chair

[MCN-L] [Digital Media SIG] Digital Media SIG Meeting @ MCN

2006-10-30 Thread Tim Au Yeung
attempt to send this message failed because the connection timed out. Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.mediatrope.com Arrival-Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:16:36 -0800 Final-Recipient: rfc822; mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com Action: failed Status: 4.4.2 On 10/26/06 1:41 PM, Tim Au Yeung ytau

[MCN-L] [Digital Media SIG] Digital Media SIG Meeting @ MCN

2006-10-26 Thread Tim Au Yeung
I'm trying to get a sense of number of people and items of discussion for those interested in the Digital Media SIG so here's the question: Who is planning to attend the Digital Media SIG meeting at MCN and what would you like to see on the agenda? Thank you, Tim Au Yeung Chair, Digital Media

Re: Harvard announces Global Digital Format Registry...

2006-01-26 Thread Tim Au Yeung
into the global registry. Tim Au Yeung -Original Message- From: Rob Lancefield [mailto:rlancefi...@wesleyan.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:20 PM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: Fwd: Harvard announces Global Digital Format Registry... Hi all, From the diglib list, and perhaps of interest

Re: [MCN SIG: Digital Media] Uniiversal Photographic Digita

2005-11-29 Thread Tim Au Yeung
Couple of thoughts here: I read through the UPDIG recommendations and found it really interesting and helpful. I thought their recommendation for RAW format was relatively unconvincing, though. Almost like they were saying we want to recommend RAW format, but we realize you're going to

Re: [MCN SIG: Digital Media] Uniiversal Photographic Digita

2005-11-29 Thread Tim Au Yeung
Hi Matt, So now we can begin compressing our TIFFs? The main reason I ask is that I have heard a lot of really bad arguments against compression in the past, and a lot of non-argument (for example: it's just not done). I want to know what the good reasons against it are. For a small museum

[MCN SIG: Digital Media] Uniiversal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines

2005-11-28 Thread Tim Au Yeung
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Re: IP SIG: Fair Use Barbie

2002-11-11 Thread Tim Au Yeung
not to provide the persistent links would ultimately be ignored as being irrelevant to global intellectual discourse. - Tim Au Yeung Manager, Digitization Initiatives Information Resources University of Calgary Contact Information: Phone: (403) 220-8975 Mailing Address

Re: scanners for oversized materials

2002-11-06 Thread Tim Au Yeung
Title: Message Hello Jessica, Depending on what you're looking for (vis a viz cost), you might want toconsider Heidelberg. While considerably more expensive than your consumer desktop scanners, they do offer productivity gains and fairly high dynamic ranges and optical resolution.

[MCN-L] programmer salaries

1970-01-10 Thread Tim Au Yeung
- Tim Au Yeung Manager, Digital Object Repository Technology Libraries and Cultural Resources University of Calgary (403) 220-8975 ytau(at)ucalgary(dot)ca Ari Davidow wrote: We're having a bit of an argument here about appropriate salaries for programming staff. We

[MCN-L] metadata for dummies

1970-01-04 Thread Tim Au Yeung
Hi Perian, Here's my two bits about metadata -- not as terribly informed as I ought to be but hopefully that will mean that it's more simplistic as a result. First off, metadata isn't a term originating from the cultural heritage community so its usage within the library, museum and archives