[CODE4LIB] CFP: Journal of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, Issue no. 46

[Bert Lyons]

Reminder: Call for Papers: Journal of the International Association of
Sound and Audiovisual Archives, Issue no. 46

Important Dates

March 7, 2016: Expression of interest deadline (this is a new extended date)
March 15, 2016: Full article submission deadline
April 30, 2016: Journal release

Editor

Editor: Bertram Lyons (edi...@iasa-web.org)

General Call for Papers

IASA Journal invites proposals covering general topics of interest to
the sound and audiovisual archives communities throughout the world.
Articles, reviews, essays, and technical documents are welcome.

Issue no. 46 special considerations:

We encourage submissions that respond to critical issues for
audiovisual archives today:

* Degradation in legacy physical collections, especially magnetic carriers
* Obsolescence of playback equipment and strategies for acquiring
spare parts for playback machines
* Selecting sustainable and compatible target codecs and wrappers for
A-to-D video reformatting projects
* The proliferation of born-digital audiovisual formats and codecs
* Planning for the necessary technical infrastructure needed to ingest
and manage the large digital collections being created and acquired at
sound and audiovisual archives worldwide
* Intellectual property rights
* Metadata strategies for time-based media objects
* Providing meaningful and useful access to sound and audiovisual
collections for researchers of all kinds and in all locations

Please consider submitting an article covering one of these topics or
the results of independent research that would be of interest to the
IASA membership.

Abstracts (maximum 250 words each) may be in French, German, Spanish,
or English. Images can be sent as digital images in GIF, JPEG, PDF,
PNG,
or TIFF formats.

Please send expressions of interest no later than March 4, 2016, via
email to the editor: edi...@iasa-web.org.

Information for authors

1. Once accepted, final articles must be submitted to the editor by
March 15, 2016.
2. Soft copy as a .doc file for text should be submitted with minimal
formatting.
3. Illustrations (photographs, diagrams, tables, maps, etc) may be
submitted as low resolution files placed in the .doc file AND
high-resolution versions for publication must also be sent separately
as attachments.
4. Use footnotes not endnotes.
5. References should be listed at the end of the article in alphabetic
order and chronologically for each author and should adhere to the
guidelines of the Chicago Manual of
Style
(http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html).
6. Authors are encouraged to submit original research or to develop
their conference
presentations into more detailed accounts and/or
arguments for publication in the journal. In principle, articles
should be no longer than 5,000 words.

Information for advertisers

Enquiries about advertising should be sent to the Editor
(edi...@iasa-web.org). Current rates can be seen on the website at
http://www.iasa-web.org/iasa-journal-advertising.


Please contact edi...@iasa-web.org with any questions.

Thanks, and best --

Bertram Lyons, Editor, IASA Journal

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Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives | www.iasa-web.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] Exactly: A New Tool for Digital File Acquisitions

[Bert Lyons]

Hi Rosemary --

Great question about size limits.  There are probably a couple of limiting
factors to contend with:

BagIt bags - not much limit short of file system issues (quantities of
files in directories) and processor limitations (how much other competition
does your computer have for processing the bag).

Zip - if you use the zip feature, this may also introduce limitations -
again probably with computer memory/processors (unrelated to the tool
itself).

FTP - this will be throttled by your internet connection most likely and
will be limited by your computer's ability to stay connected to the FTP
target (and the size of free space available at the FTP target).

Local copy - Exactly always creates a local copy of the bag - so there will
be concerns associated with free disk space at the designated local target.

We have tested successfully for packages of 30GB via FTP. We have tested
for 100GB packages locally.

We'd love to hear feedback from your experiences and an identification of
areas where we can improve functionality for size where needed.

There is a public github repo for the tool here:
https://github.com/avpreserve/uk-exactly/

I hope this was helpful.

Thanks, and best --

Bert


Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
www.iasa-web.org

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Rosemary Le Faive <rlefa...@upei.ca> wrote:

> This looks very cool indeed! "What's the size limit" might be an
> unanswerable quesiton, so what sizes of large files have you tested it
> with, and what are the limiting factors for file size?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 13 January 2016 at 11:01, Bert Lyons <b...@culturalequity.org> wrote:
>
> > AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the
> University
> > of Kentucky Libraries are excited to announce the release of a new tool
> for
> > born-digital acquisition and delivery.
> >
> > Building on work originally begun by colleagues at the Gates Archive,
> > AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the
> University
> > of Kentucky Libraries developed Exactly to meet the growing need for
> > archives to acquire born digital content directly from donors and to
> begin
> > the activities of establishing provenance and fixity early in the process
> > of acquisition. Read more about how the Nunn Center is using Exactly here
> > <
> >
> http://digitalomnium.com/exactly-a-new-tool-to-safely-transfer-born-digital-materials-to-the-archive/
> > >
> > .
> >
> > Exactly is a simple and easy to use application for remotely and safely
> > transferring any born-digital material from a sender to a recipient.
> > Exactly utilizes the BagIt File Packaging Format (an Internet Engineering
> > Task-Force standard, developed by the Library of Congress and the
> > California Digital Library, with current support from George Washington
> > University and the University of Maryland), supports FTP transfer, as
> well
> > as standard network transfers, and integrates into desktop-based file
> > sharing workflows such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Additionally, Exactly
> > allows the recipient to create customized metadata templates for the
> sender
> > to fill out before submission. Exactly can send email notifications with
> > transfer data and manifests when files have been delivered to the
> archive.
> >
> > Read more about Exactly’s features in the Users Guide and the Exactly
> > Quickstart tutorial at our Exactly webpage
> > <
> >
> https://www.avpreserve.com/news/exactly-a-new-tool-for-digital-file-acquisitions/
> > >.
> > Downloads for the Exactly application are also available there (Windows
> > executable, Mac OS Build, or Java Package).
> >
> > 
> >
> > Bertram Lyons, CA
> > AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
> > International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
> > www.iasa-web.org
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> *Rosemary Le Faive*
>
> Digital Infrastructure and Discovery Librarian
>
> Robertson Library
>
> University of Prince Edward Island
>
> 550 University Ave, Charlottetown PE C1A 4P3
>
> Canada
> tel: 902-566-0533 | fax: 902-628-4305 | email: rlefa...@upei.ca
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Exactly: A New Tool for Digital File Acquisitions

[Bert Lyons]

Hi Mark -

Good questions. Github repo is being cleaned and prepped for public release
(still private at the moment; will be opened later tonight).

The code is licensed with Apache 2.0.

Let me know if you have other questions.

Best --

Bert


On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Mark Jordan  wrote:

> Bert,
>
> Looks really interesting. What license are you releasing this application
> under? Also, the Github repo https://github.com/avpreserve/uk-exactly
> doesn't exist (at least to the public) - it's linked to in the User Guide.
>
> Mark
>
>

[CODE4LIB] Exactly: A New Tool for Digital File Acquisitions

[Bert Lyons]

AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University
of Kentucky Libraries are excited to announce the release of a new tool for
born-digital acquisition and delivery.

Building on work originally begun by colleagues at the Gates Archive,
AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University
of Kentucky Libraries developed Exactly to meet the growing need for
archives to acquire born digital content directly from donors and to begin
the activities of establishing provenance and fixity early in the process
of acquisition. Read more about how the Nunn Center is using Exactly here

.

Exactly is a simple and easy to use application for remotely and safely
transferring any born-digital material from a sender to a recipient.
Exactly utilizes the BagIt File Packaging Format (an Internet Engineering
Task-Force standard, developed by the Library of Congress and the
California Digital Library, with current support from George Washington
University and the University of Maryland), supports FTP transfer, as well
as standard network transfers, and integrates into desktop-based file
sharing workflows such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Additionally, Exactly
allows the recipient to create customized metadata templates for the sender
to fill out before submission. Exactly can send email notifications with
transfer data and manifests when files have been delivered to the archive.

Read more about Exactly’s features in the Users Guide and the Exactly
Quickstart tutorial at our Exactly webpage
.
Downloads for the Exactly application are also available there (Windows
executable, Mac OS Build, or Java Package).



Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
www.iasa-web.org

[CODE4LIB] BIBFRAME report on technical metadata for Audiovisual resources

[Bert Lyons]

Colleagues --

AVPreserve is happy to share the release of the results of our recent
study (under contract to the Library of Congress) of technical
metadata for Audiovisual resources in the context of BIBFRAME.

The study analyzes the relationship between BIBFRAME and the PREMIS
Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata
(http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis); investigates the applicability
for structural and technical descriptions within the bibliographic
context; looks at the technical information in MARC 21 and other
metadata standards; and provides recommendations on which technical
attributes of audiovisual material should be included in the BIBFRAME
vocabulary.

The report, entitled “BIBFRAME AV Assessment: Technical, Structural,
and Preservation Metadata” can be accessed at the Library of Congress
website: http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/docs/pdf/bf-avtechstudy-01-04-2016.pdf.

Comments, concerns, and discussion are encouraged via the BIBFRAME
listserv (see the BIBFRAME contact page
http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/contact) or directly to bfcomm...@loc.gov.

I include, below, the official announcement of this study from the
Library of Congress MARC Standards Office.

Best regards --

Bert
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Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve
400 Interlake Drive
Madison, Wisconsin 53716

office: 202-430-4457

http://www.avpreserve.com
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The Library of Congress has just posted on the BIBFRAME website a new
report:  “BIBFRAME AV Assessment: Technical, Structural, and
Preservation Metadata”
http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/docs/pdf/bf-avtechstudy-01-04-2016.pdf. It
was prepared by Kara Van Malssen and Bertram Lyons of AVPreserve under
contract to the Library of Congress.  The report studies the state of
technical, structural, and preservation metadata for audiovisual
resources in the bibliographic environment. This paper makes
recommendations about the extent to which BIBFRAME might support the
expression of this type of information and where other metadata
standards could be used. Because audiovisual resources encompass a
wide range of media types, typically with complex structures, and are
dependent on an intermediary device to play them, they provide an
important use case for evaluating the scope and detail of such
information in BIBFRAME.

The study analyzes the relationship between BIBFRAME and the PREMIS
Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata
http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis, investigates the applicability
for structural and technical descriptions within the bibliographic
context, looks at the technical information in MARC 21 and other
metadata standards, and provides recommendations on which technical
attributes of audiovisual material should be included in the BIBFRAME
vocabulary.

The report consists of a base document with the analysis and
recommendations, several appendices examining technical metadata in
further detail as well as proposed AV technical metadata for BIBFRAME,
and three sets of examples for video, audio and film resources.
Appendices can be found at this link:
https://www.loc.gov/bibframe/docs/index.html.

Comments, concerns, and discussion are encouraged via the BIBFRAME
listserv (see the BIBFRAME home page/contact us
http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/contact ) or directly to
bfcomm...@loc.gov.

***

Sally H. McCallum
Chief, Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540  USA
s...@loc.gov
Tel: 1-202-707-5119 – Fax 1-202-707-0115

[CODE4LIB] Reminder: Job Announcement -- Senior Consultant for Digital Preservation and Metadata

[Bert Lyons]

AVPreserve is accepting applications for the role of Senior Consultant
through August 7th. Senior Consultants at AVPreserve are the face of the
company, responsible for using their expertise and all available resources
to contribute to envisioning, formulating, planning, synthesizing, and
implementing strategies and solutions in alignment with the goals and
objectives of our clients and the company vision. Senior Consultants are
responsible for identifying opportunities for AVPreserve to support the
goals and objectives of past, present and prospective clients, and are also
expected to be a leader in the company, mentoring and developing staff and
providing support on projects where needed, as well as a knowledge leader
among colleagues and within professional organizations. This versatility
and cross-fertilization among business lines is an important factor
underlying AVPreserve’s success.

AVPreserve provides a wide array of services, and our team members require
diverse skill-sets in order to contribute across a range of those
offerings. At this time we are particularly looking for people who can
immediately step into roles providing services in the areas of data
management and governance, data migration, data flow, and data modeling;
the implementation of digital preservation standards, policies, and best
practices; and the identification and integration of digital asset
management procedures and systems in both production and archival
environments. Applicants should have 5 years experience in at least one of
those areas as well as existing proficiency in the use of applicable
hardware, software, and computing language(s), along with the willingness
to gain expertise with additional skills as needed.

For further details and application instructions, please visit our website
at
https://www.avpreserve.com/news/avpreserve-accepting-applications-for-the-role-of-senior-consultant/
Resumes
will be accepted through Friday, August 7th.

AVPreserve is a consulting and software development firm focused on
leveraging a deep understanding of technology, information management,
business, and people to advance the ways in which information is used for
the benefit of individuals, organizations, and causes. Our team consists of
internationally recognized experts with years of experience working with
academic, media and entertainment, government, museum, broadcast, and
corporate organizations.

__

Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
www.iasa-web.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] Checksums for objects and not embedded metadata

[Bert Lyons]

Kyle --

Although my example doesn't apply for all file formats, it does give an
example of what you're looking for:

BWFMetaEdit (
http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/guidelines/digitize-embedding.html)
is free tool developed by Federal Agency groups to allow for the
reading/writing of metadata into the BWF and RIFF (BEXT  INFO
respectively) text chunks of WAV audio files. The salient point here is
that this approach was designed with the ability to generate and embed a
checksum of the PCM audio stream within the WAV container so that as new
metadata are added to the container, the audio can be validated against its
specific checksum, not a checksum of the entire container. In this
practice, one can generate a checksum for the audio information (the
content) and for the entire file itself (the content and the metadata).

Take a read through that and maybe it will inspire some ideas.

I know in the moving image field there is also much activity around frame
by frame checksums for moving image material so that when a file is found
to be corrupt, you can even pinpoint which frame has the corruption.

Best --

Bert


Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
American Folklife Center | www.loc.gov/folklife
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
www.iasa-web.org

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Scancella, John j...@loc.gov wrote:

 The library of congress has several tools for making and working with
 bagit bags.

 Java command line tool and library
 https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagit-java

 a python command line tool and library
 https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagit-python

 or a standalone java desktop application (GUI based)
 https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagger

 -Original Message-
 From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
 Joe Hourcle
 Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 10:07 PM
 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
 Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Checksums for objects and not embedded metadata

 On Jan 23, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:

  Howdy all,
 
  I've been toying with the idea of embedding DOI's in all our digital
  assets and possibly inserting/updating other metadata as well.
  However, doing this would alter checksums created using normal methods.
 
  Is there a practical/easy way to checksum only the objects themselves
  without the metadata? If the metadata in a tiff or other kind of file
  is modified, it does nothing to the actual object. Since providing
  more complete metadata within objects makes them more
  usable/identifiable and might simplify migrations down the road, it
  seems like this wouldn't be a bad way to go.


 The only file format that I'm aware of that has a provision for this is
 FITS (Flexible Image Transport System), which was a concept of a 'CHECKSUM'
 and a 'DATASUM'.  (the 'DATASUM' is the checksum for only the payload
 portion, the 'CHECKSUM' includes the metadata)[1].  It's possible that
 there are others, but I suspect that most consumer file formats won't have
 specific provisions for this.

 The problems with 'metadata' in a lot of file formats is that they're just
 arbitrary segments -- you'd have to have a program that knew which segments
 were considered 'headers' vs. not.  It might be easier to have it be able
 to compute a separate checksum for each segment, so that should the
 modifications change their order, they'd still be considered valid.

 Of course, I personally don't like changing files if I can help it.
 If it were me, I'd keep the metadata outside the file;  if you're using
 BagIt, you could easily add additional metadata outside of the data
 directory.[2]

 If you're just doing this internally, and don't need the DOI to be
 attached to the file when it's served, you could also look into file
 systems that support arbitrary metadata.  Older Macs used to use this,
 where there was a 'data fork' and a 'resource fork', but you had to have a
 service that knew to only send the data fork.
 Other OSes support forks, but some also have 'extended file attributes',
 which allows you to attach a few key/value pairs to the file.  (exact
 limits are dependent upon the OS).

 -Joe


 [1] http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/registry/checksum.html
 [2] https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kunze-bagit ;
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BagIt

[CODE4LIB] Call for Presentations: International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives, 2015 Annual Conference

[Bert Lyons]

We are accepting proposals for papers, panels, posters, workshops and
tutorials
for the 46th annual International Association of Sound and Audiovisual
Archives Conference to be held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
in Paris, France -- 27 September through 1 October 2015.

*** deadline for submissions: 16 January, 2015 ***

http://2015.iasa-web.org

The words of Alexandre Dumas's character, d'Artagnan, strike a deep chord
within us as sound and audiovisual archivists. As individuals, we work to
preserve our sound and audiovisual heritage and make it accessible to the
many. As a community, we share our knowledge so that individual archives
may benefit from our collective experience. This sense of community runs
throughout the sub-themes that we will explore at the 2015 IASA annual
conference . Please submit proposals of presentations for the sub-themes
below by using the presentation submission form online at:
http://2015.iasa-web.org/presentation-submission-form

Topics should address these sub-themes:

* Archives without walls -- semantic networks and born digital information
* Organising knowledge
* Legal deposit
* Archive workflows
* Selection -- acquisition, preservation, and access
* Collaborative description
* Obsolescence

The closing date for proposals is 16 January 2015.

Note: Accommodation, travel, and subsistence are the responsibility of the
presenters. All attendees, including presenters, are expected to register
and pay the registration fee.

For questions or further information, please contact
enquir...@iasa-conference.com

___

Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com
American Folklife Center | www.loc.gov/folklife
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives |
www.iasa-web.org

[CODE4LIB] AVPreserve Releases New Free Preservation Planning Tool

[Bert Lyons]

AVPreserve is pleased to announce the release of our Cost of Inaction
Calculator, a free online tool that helps organizations analyze the
implications of varying levels of preservation actions when dealing with
legacy audiovisual collections.

COI adds a data point to ROI, or Return on Investment, and helps articulate
what stands to be lost or gained in terms of finances, access, and
intellect based on different scenarios related to digitization, physical
storage, digital storage, and media longevity.

This tool is not an argument to digitize everything, but rather to help
caretakers make informed decisions that promote and enable progress towards
taking action. With the window closing on our opportunity to preserve the
audiovisual record we can't do everything, but we can do *something*. COI
is a means to quantify what that something can be.

The Cost of Inaction Calculator and supporting documentation are available
at https://coi.avpreserve.com/. Watch a video explaining the rationale
behind COI at https://coi.avpreserve.com/rationale

__

Bertram Lyons, CA
AVPreserve
www.avpreserve.com

[CODE4LIB] 2014 Annual IASA Conference Registration Open

[Bert Lyons]

Dear colleagues,

Registration for the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual
Archives 2014 annual conference, “Connecting Cultures: Content, Context,
and Collaboration”, is now open and available online at:
http://2014.iasa-web.org

This year’s conference is being held in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa,
at the National Library of South Africa’s Center for the Book. We have a
compelling lineup of presentations from archiving experts around the
world—including an expanded poster session that promises to spark lively
discussion, a digitization workshop, and many informative tutorials and
thought-provoking papers. Also, of note, Verne Harris of the Centre of
Memory and Dialogue at the Nelson Mandela Foundation will be delivering the
keynote address on the opening day.

Not only will you be kept busy during your days in Cape Town, but you will
also have the chance to socialize with colleagues old and new, see some
fantastic music performances and take-in the incredible sights, sounds and
tastes of Cape Town.

For a look at the program, visit our website at:
http://2014.iasa-web.org/programme

After a very full week of conference activities, you can unwind and
reflect, explore and recharge on one of several post conference tours:
http://2014.iasa-web.org/post-conference-tours

Don’t delay! Register online today at:
http://2014.iasa-web.org/registration

Best wishes,

Bertram Lyons, CA
Editor
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
edi...@iasa-web.org
www.iasa-web.org/iasa-publications

[CODE4LIB] IASA now accepting applications for 2014 IASA Research Grant

[Bert Lyons]

Dear colleagues --

Please note that the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual
Archives (IASA) is now accepting applications for the IASA 2014 Research
Grant.

IASA members in good standing are welcome to apply if the research project
falls within the purposes of IASA- see these at http://www.iasa-
web.org/iasa-constitution. Applications must be sent in writing (by letter
or e-mail) to the Secretary-General. Note: the deadline for the 2014 Research
Grant application is extended to 14 March 2014.

For more information, and a detailed list of application requirements
please visit our website http://www.iasa-web.org/research-grant.


Bertram Lyons, CA
Editor
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
edi...@iasa-web.org
www.iasa-web.org/iasa-publications

[CODE4LIB] 45th IASA Annual Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

[Bert Lyons]

Dear friends and colleagues:

We invite you to attend and participate in the 45th IASA (International
Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives) Annual Conference.

*Connecting Cultures: Content, Context, and Collaboration”*

Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday 5th — Thursday 9th October 2014

http://2014.iasa-web.org
#iasa2014

IASA is gathering in Cape Town at the National Library of South Africa’s
Center for the Book for an in-depth look into the issues surrounding sound
and audiovisual archives and their mission to preserve our sound and
audiovisual heritage. Please join us from Sunday 5th through Thursday 9th
October 2014 for our 45th Annual Conference.

Cape Town’s warm hospitality, diverse cultural heritage, and breathtaking
natural beauty await your arrival and participation in this inspiring
event—Connecting Cultures: Content, Context, and Collaboration—where we
will explore such topics relevant to sound and audiovisual heritage as:

- Content and technologies
- Connecting data
- Contextualisation and curation
- Customer-driven services issues
- Crowdsourcing, cataloguing and content management
- Curators and creators
- Collaborative learning

Come to share and discover how these issues are driving commercial,
educational, governmental, and private heritage institutions in new and
potentially more relevant and sustainable directions. Cape Town welcomes
you to the historic national monument and haven for creativity and
learning, the Center for the Book, in the South African springtime of this
year, to witness new growth that inspires new ideas and adventurous
collaboration.

The Call for Papers is open now until 28th February 2014. Offers of
presentations should be submitted via the online form:

http://2014.iasa-web.org/presentation-submission-form

Jacqueline von Arb, President, IASA
Bruce Gordon, Vice-president, IASA, conference convener:
enquir...@iasa-conference.com




Bertram Lyons, CA
Folklife Specialist / Digital Assets Manager
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
b...@loc.gov
www.loc.gov/folklife

Consulting Archivist, Project Manager  Dissemination Coordinator
Association for Cultural Equity
Alan Lomax Archive
b...@culturalequity.org
www.culturalequity.org

Editor
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
edi...@iasa-web.org
www.iasa-web.org/iasa-publications

[CODE4LIB] AVPreserve releases Fixity v0.3

[Bert Lyons]

On behalf of AVPreserve:

Version 0.3 of Fixity, the free fixity monitoring tool developed by
AVPreserve, has been officially released for download on AVPreserve's Tools
page http://www.avpreserve.com/avpsresources/tools/ and via
GitHubhttps://github.com/avpreserve/fixity.
Fixity creates a manifest of files stored in directories identified by the
user, documenting file names, locations, and checksums. The user can then
schedule regular reviews of the directories to monitor for any changes to
files that may point to data corruption or loss. Fixity is ideal for
monitoring of files in long term storage, complimenting tools such as
Bagger and the BagIt specification that can be used to check fixity at
points of transition.

This release is a major update, addressing a number of issues related to
scheduling, running the utility while a laptop is on battery power,
compatibility with both 32-bit and 64-bit systems, and some user interface
revisions. A Mac version should be released in the coming weeks. Download
the new version of Fixity at http://www.avpreserve.com/avpsresources/tools/ and
keep providing your feedback so AVPreserve can continue to improve the tool.


Bertram Lyons

Digital Asset Manager / Folklife Specialist
American Folklife Center
www.loc.gov/folklife

[CODE4LIB] Preliminary Schedule - Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium at the Library of Congress

[Bert Lyons]

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is happy to
announce the preliminary schedule for the upcoming symposium—Cultural
Heritage Archives: Networks, Innovation  Collaboration—to be held
September 26-27, 2013 at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC:

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/culturalheritagearchives/schedule.html


Biographies and abstracts for all presenters and moderators are accessible
from the preliminary schedule, but they can also be accessed directly from
this link:

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/culturalheritagearchives/bios.html


You can also find information for visiting the Library of Congress here:

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/culturalheritagearchives/visitorinfo.html


The symposium will be free and open to the public, but registration is
required. You will be able to register through the symposium website (
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/culturalheritagearchives/index.html)
beginning in mid-to-late August.


Bertram Lyons, CA
Folklife Specialist / Digital Assets Manager
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
b...@loc.gov
www.loc.gov/folklife

Consulting Archivist, Project Manager  Dissemination Coordinator
Association for Cultural Equity
Alan Lomax Archive
b...@culturalequity.org
www.culturalequity.org

Editor
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
edi...@iasa-web.org
www.iasa-web.org/iasa-publications

[CODE4LIB] 2nd Call for Papers: Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium at the Library of Congress

[Bert Lyons]

Cultural Heritage Archives: Networks, Innovation  Collaboration

A Symposium at the Library of Congress

Sept. 26-27, 2013

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress will hold a
symposium entitled Cultural Heritage Archives: Networks, Innovation 
Collaboration on Sept. 26-27, 2013.   The symposium is free and open to the
public.

Cultural heritage archives serve as valuable repositories of memory and
knowledge that document the ongoing community-based creativity of
individuals and groups. During the past decade, there has been an
increasing acknowledgement of the value and power of developing such
archives at all levels, from very local and informal collections to large
national and international repositories.

The Cultural Heritage Archives symposium aims to energize the discussion of
ethnographic archival thought and practice by presenting fresh and dynamic
strategies for contemporary archival realities. It will also provide a
forum for new voices to present and discuss emerging archival initiatives
as well as case studies focused on several key topics for a public
audience. The symposium will combine longer presentations by invited
speakers with short papers generated through this call.

Symposium Sessions:

*   Session I: Users of Cultural Heritage Archival Materials

*   Session II: Preservation and Digital Stewardship

*   Session III: Archival Description

*   Session IV: Education and Training

*   Session V: Sharing Resources

*   Session VI: Forging Archival Collaborations and Alliances


For a fuller description of the symposium and the individual sessions, go
to: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/culturalheritagearchives/


CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 22, 2013

Proposals for short presentations (5-7 min.) should be submitted as email
attachments and sent to folkl...@loc.gov . Please include the information
requested and indicate which of the six symposium sessions would be most
appropriate for your presentation.

Updates about the symposium and other details for this free event can be
viewed at: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/events/culturalheritagearchives/

NOTE: We may have limited funds to support travel. If your proposal is
accepted, would you like to be considered for a stipend to support travel
to the symposium? If so, please provide a statement of need along with your
proposal.

_



Bertram Lyons, CA
Folklife Specialist / Digital Assets Manager
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
b...@loc.gov
www.loc.gov/folklife

Consulting Archivist, Project Manager  Dissemination Coordinator
Association for Cultural Equity
Alan Lomax Archive
b...@culturalequity.org
www.culturalequity.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] What is a coder? / Coursera fork

[Bert Lyons]

Amy --

I'm a lurker on Code4Lib. I don't consider myself a coder, but I have been
trying to learn as much as possible to help with my effectiveness at work.
I just completed a Coursera course on programming called, Learn to Program:
The Fundamentals (https://www.coursera.org/course/programming1). It
centered around Python. For my level of understanding, I found the course
very helpful, well-formed, and manageable on top of my regular work load
and life load. Since the courses are taught by professors at various
schools, I can't speak for all courses, but the programming course I took
was worth the time and effort. Professors were Jennifer Campbell and Paul
Gries from the University of Toronto.

-- Bert

Bertram Lyons, CA
Folklife Specialist / Digital Assets Manager
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
b...@loc.gov
www.loc.gov/folklife

Consulting Archivist, Project Manager  Dissemination Coordinator
Association for Cultural Equity
Alan Lomax Archive
b...@culturalequity.org
www.culturalequity.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] Oral History Metadata Best Practices

[Bert Lyons]

Also, a nice resource (for information and for people having similar
discussions) is Oral History in the Digital Age
(http://ohda.matrix.msu.edu/), a recently-finished project funded by
IMLS and others.

- Bert

Bertram Lyons, CA
Folklife Specialist / Digital Assets Manager
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
b...@loc.gov
www.loc.gov/folklife

Consulting Archivist, Project Manager  Dissemination Coordinator
Association for Cultural Equity
Alan Lomax Archive
b...@culturalequity.org
www.culturalequity.org


On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Michael Hopwood mich...@editeur.org wrote:
 Hello Jane, Priscilla,

 I would recommend looking at www.lido-schema.org as more interoperable, 
 extensible and generally longer-term value-adding schema for collection of a 
 lot of historical / heritage data.

 It has the same capabilities and easy entry level (only three mandatory 
 sections; object/work type - title/name - record details) as Dublin Core to 
 collate a lot of data, potentially from different source, but it also has the 
 optional depth and breadth required for enriching data with links, and the 
 specific semantics used precisely by archives and historians, rather than 
 libraries.

 Data created / collected in LIDO will have greater reuse potential than less 
 contextual schemas.

 It's based on the ISO standard CIDOC-CRM (see 
 http://www.cidoc-crm.org/uses_applications.html) which is itself the result 
 of painstaking work by historical and archives data people.

 The CIDOC-CRM itself is probably worth looking at too, maybe in terms of CRM 
 CORE (a lightweight model using just key parts) and the many real life 
 applications in archive contexts...

 Disclaimer: I work (as a librarian!) on one part of www.linkedheritage.eu 
 which does have some of the world LIDO experts as partners.

 Best,

 Michael Hopwood

 -Original Message-
 From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of 
 Priscilla Caplan
 Sent: 25 October 2012 14:17
 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
 Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Oral History Metadata Best Practices

 You might want to look at the section on Cataloging in the best practices 
 guide on Florida Voices:
 http://www.fcla.edu/FloridaVoices/index.htm

 Priscilla

 On 10/25/2012 8:57 AM, Jacobs, Jane W wrote:
 Hi Library-Coders,

 My colleagues and I are researching best practices in recording metadata for 
 Oral Histories for an article tentatively accepted for publication.  We're 
 looking for input from practicing librarians, archivists, and historians.  
 In particular we'd like to know what encodings (e.g. MARC, EAD, METS, etc.) 
 people are using and how happy (or unhappy) they are with them.  Also what 
 fields are people using to enter their data? Any data-dictionaries or 
 templates showing required, repeatable, non-repeatable fields would be 
 welcome.

 So far we've discovered that with new digital technologies allowing much 
 easier collection and retransmission of oral histories, creation is booming; 
 standards not so much.

 We would appreciate input from anyone who is willing to share their 
 procedures.  As mentioned above, we are planning to publish an article, but 
 we will, of course, ask permission, before quoting anyone directly.  
 Off-list responses are welcome.

 Please excuse duplication (cross-posting) and forward to interested 
 colleagues.

 Thanks in advance for your help.

 JJ



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