[CODE4LIB] Job: Digital Preservation Consultant at AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
**About AVPS** AudioVisual Preservation Solutions (AVPS) is a full service audiovisual preservation and information management consulting firm serving the educational, broadcasting, government, non-profit, and corporate sectors. With a strong focus on professional standards and best practices, open communication, efficient workflows, and the innovative use and development of technological resources, AVPS brings a broad knowledge base and extensive experience to efficiently and effectively meeting the challenges faced in the preservation and access of digital content. AVPS team members are recognized experts in digital preservation, digital repository development and implementation, and the development of tools to support digital preservation and access workflows. AVPS implements digital preservation standards and best practices in order to compliment the needs and goals of projects and organizations. AVPS brings a unique focus on complex and diverse digital collections, including moving images, sound, still images, digital artworks, custom software, websites, text, and more. AVPS client collections range from a terabytes to petabytes in scale. Some recent digital repository and asset management projects include the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Stanford University, New York Public Radio, UN Women, and Facing History and Ourselves. AVPS is committed to its employees and shows it. It is a respectful, supportive work environment. We have high standards and we reward success. We believe that when AVPS excels it is because of the people behind it. **Position Overview** AudioVisual Preservation Solutions is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the position of Digital Preservation Consultant. This position is in support of, and reports to a Senior Consultant on a variety of projects related to digital preservation and access, digital asset management, and metadata development and management. **Goals Objectives** * Work in support of the AVPS vision * Be an active participant in establishing and maintaining AVPS as the premiere consulting firm in deriving value from audio, video and film content * Provide the best and most effective solutions for our clients * Develop and retain clientele * Continually learn and consistently contribute to the AVPS skill-set and knowledge base * Increase awareness of and promote the AVPS brand and services **Responsibilities** * Conduct stakeholder interviews focusing on workflow, business processes, policies, and organizational goals and objectives for digital content * Requirementsdevelopment and documentation for digital preservation and access environments * Use case development * Metadata analysis and data modeling * Compiling, managing, analyzing, and translating data sets * System configuration, testing, documentation, and training * Report drafting and editing * Diagramming and modeling using notation such as ERD, UML, BPMN * Project management and client communications * Presenting at client meetings and conferences * Act as liaison between technologists, archivists/collection managers, and administration * Drafting internal processes and procedures * Drafting and editing proposals * Research, reporting and making recommendations on identified topics and areas of relevancy * Continuing and professional development **Experience, skills and attributes:** * Preferred educational background in one or more of the following: * Library and information sciences * Audiovisual archiving and preservation * Audiovisual production and/or engineering * Computer sciences * Solid grasp of digital preservation standards and best practices, including but not limited to OAIS and TRAC. * Hands-on experience working with (i.e. processing, manipulating, managing) complex digital media and metadata * Familiarity with metadata encoding and expression standards, including: XML, PBCore, PREMIS, METS, IPTC, RDF, OWL, SKOS * Strong analytical skills * Proficient in Mac and Windows operating systems and use of command line interfaces * Must be comfortable working with a variety of expertise and roles within an organization * Strong understanding and vision for uses and value of moving image and sound content in a wide variety of organizations and environments. * Identifiable area(s) of professional expertise relevant to Moving Image and Sound Archiving and Preservation, including but not limited to: * Identification and analysis of file-based media * Reformatting and migration * Storage systems and architectures * Cataloging and metadata * Databases and asset management systems * Workflows * Relevant standards and best practices * Platforms and mechanisms for content distribution * Awareness and knowledge of rights issues * Strong interpersonal and communication skills, as evidenced by clear and respectful communications with colleagues and clients
Re: [CODE4LIB] Millions of Harvard Library Catalog Records Publicly Available
I think this DPLA notice covers this release of metadata: John Palfrey jpalf...@law.harvard.edu Apr 24 (1 day ago) to dpla-discussion Dear colleagues interested in the DPLA: Below, please find a news release that we have just issued from Harvard about a major open access metadata release that will benefit our DPLA initiative. The NYT has coverage in its Bits Blog: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/harvard-releases-big-data-for-books/ We at Harvard very much hope that other institutions will join us in open access metadata releases made available through the DPLA's emerging new platform. Much to talk about later this week in San Francisco! Again, thanks for everything you're doing. Best, John -- *Millions of Harvard Library Catalog Records Publicly Available** Harvard releases nearly 100% of its records * April 24, 2012 – The Harvard Library announced it would make more than 12 million catalog records from Harvard’s 73 libraries publicly availablehttp://openmetadata.lib.harvard.edu/. The records contain bibliographic information about books, videos, audio recordings, images, manuscripts, maps, and more. The Harvard Library is making these records available in accordance with its Open Metadata Policyhttp://openmetadata.lib.harvard.edu/and under a Creative Commons 0 public domain license. In addition, the Harvard Library announced its open distribution of metadata from its Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard http://dash.harvard.edu/ (DASH) scholarly article repository under a similar CC0 license. The Harvard Library is committed to collaboration andopen access. We hope this contribution is one of many steps toward sharing the vital cultural knowledge held by libraries with all, said Mary Lee Kennedy, Senior Associate Provost for the Harvard Library. The catalog records are available for bulk download from Harvard, and are available for programmatic access by software applications via API's at the Digital Public Library of America http://dp.la/ (DPLA). The records are in the standard MARC21 format. By instituting a policy of open metadata, the HarvardLibrary has expressed its appreciation for the great potential that librarymetadata has for innovative uses. The two metadata releases today are primeexamples, said Stuart Shieber, Library Board Member, Director of the Office for Scholarly Communication and Professor of Computer Science at Harvard. John Palfrey, chair of the DPLA, said, With this major contribution, developers will be able to start experimenting with building innovative applications that put to use the vital national resource that consists of our local public and research libraries, museums, archives and cultural collections. He added that he hoped that this would encourage other institutions to make their own collection metadata publicly availablehttp://dp.la/dev/wiki/Metadata_upload . The records consist of information describing works—including creator, title, publisher, date, language, and subject headings—as well as other descriptors usually invisible to end users, such as the equalization system used in a recording. Harvard’s Kennedy noted, The accessibility of the entire set of data for each item will, we hope, spur imaginative uses that will find new value in what libraries know.” Media Contact: Kira Poplowski kira_poplow...@harvard.edu Director of Communications The Harvard Library 617.496.3758 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Digital Public Library of America planning initiative listserv. To post to this group, email dpla-discuss...@eon.law.harvard.edu To unsubscribe from this group, visit https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/signoff/dpla-discussion To edit your subscription options, visit https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/suboptions/dpla-discussion A searchable archive of all messages is available at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/arc/dpla-discussion We encourage you to post your ideas and resources to the DPLA public wiki: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/dpla/Main_Page On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Joseph Montibello joseph.montibe...@dartmouth.edu wrote: Thanks for noting this, Will, it was news to me. This is nothing like an official statement, but here's an interesting perspective from someone at OCLC: http://bit.ly/hvrdrecOCLC Joe Montibello, MLIS Library Systems Manager Dartmouth College Library 603.646.9394 joseph.montibe...@dartmouth.edu On 4/24/12 4:43 PM, Will Kurt wck...@gmail.com wrote: Apologies if this is old news, but I was very excited to see Harvard making all this data public: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982pageid=icb.page498373 Tons of cool data analysis / machine learning work to be done here! Warm up your SVMs ;) --Will -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239
[CODE4LIB] Job: Head, Information Technology Services at Linda Hall Library
The Linda Hall Library, the nation's largest independent research library devoted to the support of research and scholarship in the fields of science, engineering, and technology, is taking applications for the Head of Information Technology Services. Scholars, students, researchers, academic institutions, and businesses across the nation and around the world use the Library's collections to explore and increase knowledge. Reporting to the Director of Innovative Technologies and Library Resource Management, the Head of Information Technology Services will manage all aspects of library information technology as deployed or planned at the Library, including information technology systems, networked information delivery, and authentication systems; oversee hardware and software specific to the Library (including web services, financial management, telephone system, network security, and information access and production technologies); and supervise two full-time staff positions. Required Qualifications: * Demonstrated ability to plan, manage, and oversee complex projects, meet deadlines, and prioritize work in alignment with the service goals of the Library. * Demonstrated knowledge and experience with integrated library systems, computer hardware and software, network operating systems, and other discovery systems. * Commitment to technological innovation and ability to define, plan, and implement the next generation of library information systems * Administrative experience managing Unix/Linux servers and Apple and Windows workstations within a Microsoft Windows Active Directory Domain; working knowledge of LDAP and other middleware authentication systems * Demonstrated knowledge of SQL server databases and reporting systems * Managerial and supervisory skills, including excellent analytic and problem-solving abilities * Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills Preferred Qualifications: * Experience with the Ex Libris suite of library products and services * Experience in leading the conceptual design, development, and implementation of next-generation digital initiatives and information technology services, including website content management systems * Experience in a variety of web scripting languages and standards(e.g. JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, XML, XSLT, CSS) * Experience in managing various technologies such as application systems, server and network infrastructure, public/staff computing areas, digital collections * Experience coordinating and/or conducting technology training * 3-5 years experience working in a library environment * ALA accredited MLS, advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field. Working Conditions: This position operates in a normal library environment and involves standing or sitting for extended periods, repetitive movements, and the ability to move between floors within the library. To apply, please submit an application (available at http://www.lindahall.org/employment), cover letter, resume, and references to person...@lindahall.org by Friday, May 18, 2012. Linda Hall Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Linda Hall Library Attention: Personnel 5109 Cherry St. Kansas City, MO 64110 Fax: 816-926-8790 Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/912/
[CODE4LIB] Islandora preconference at ALA June 22 - spaces still available - ALA registration not required
* Apologies for Cross Posting* Interested in learning about the Islandora open-source digital asset management system? The Islandora team will be presenting a pre-conference workshop at ALA suitable for new users and current implementers. Learn how Islandora is simplifying the process of creating robust digital collections and workspaces. Spots are limited, so sign up soon. *Building Digital Collections Using Islandora* Speaker: Mark Leggott, University of Prince Edward Island; Kirsta Stapelfeldt, University of Prince Edward Island; This session will introduce the key concepts underpinning the Islandora Digital Asset Management system. Participants will learn the basics of running this rich repository system and how to utilize common “solution packs” to create and theme collections in Islandora. Participants will learn how to begin modeling and curating custom data collections and how to migrate from other repository systems, including ContentDM, DSpace and more. Textbooks and system access will be provided; participants should bring computers. Please note: you do not have to register for ALA Annual Conference to attend a preconference. Visit the LITA website for more information on registration and other LITA events at ALA Annual Conference: http://www.ala.org/lita/conferences/annual/2012 http://litablog.org/2012/03/lita-preconferences-at-ala-annual-conference/ -- Kirsta Stapelfeldt, MA, MLIS Islandora Project/Repository Manager Robertson Library University of Prince Edward Island Subject Matter Expert Discovery Garden Inc. kstapelfe...@upei.ca Skype Name: Kirsta.Stapelfeldt 902.620.5096
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
What type of pages from books are you talking about? Like reference materials, histories, biographies, fiction? Because while my first thought is that would be an interesting idea, my immediate second thought is that publishers and authors would never allow it to happen because of Copyright. Even in ILL land we can't keep scanned pages for a long period of time due to copyright restrictions. Also this sounds a lot like the Google Books project... Andrew Shuping Interlibrary Loan/Emerging Technologies Services Librarian Jack Tarver Library Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Michael Lindsey mlind...@law.berkeley.edu wrote: A colleague posed an interesting idea: patrons scan book pages to deliver to themselves by email, flash drive, etc. What if the scans didn't disappear from memory, but went into a repository so the next patron looking for that passage didn't have to jockey the flatbed scanner? * Patron scans library barcode at the scanner * The system says, I have these pages available in cache. o Patron's project overlaps with the cache and saves time in the scanning, or o Patron needs different pages, scans them and contributes to the cache Now imagine a consortium of some sort where when the patron scans the barcode, the system takes a hop via the ISBN number in the record to reach out to a cache developed between a number of libraries. I know there are a number of cases where this may not apply, like loose-leaf publications in binders that get updated, etc. And I'm sure there are discussions around how to handle copyright, fair use, etc. Do we as a community already have a similar endeavor in place? Michael Lindsey UC Berkeley Law Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
Michael, I had this thought years ago as a way of slowly making microform collections relevant again. As people find things they need in microforms collections (which, admittedly, isn't terribly often anymore), scanning the things they find, briefly adding some metadata about them and keeping a copy for themselves (emailed to themselves or whatever) and a copy is saved locally which could then be cleaned up by student assistants or something. The metadata/scans go into a database that's part of the larger discovery system and then all of this stuff is somewhat useful again (maybe). -Ross. On Apr 25, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Michael Lindsey wrote: A colleague posed an interesting idea: patrons scan book pages to deliver to themselves by email, flash drive, etc. What if the scans didn't disappear from memory, but went into a repository so the next patron looking for that passage didn't have to jockey the flatbed scanner? * Patron scans library barcode at the scanner * The system says, I have these pages available in cache. o Patron's project overlaps with the cache and saves time in the scanning, or o Patron needs different pages, scans them and contributes to the cache Now imagine a consortium of some sort where when the patron scans the barcode, the system takes a hop via the ISBN number in the record to reach out to a cache developed between a number of libraries. I know there are a number of cases where this may not apply, like loose-leaf publications in binders that get updated, etc. And I'm sure there are discussions around how to handle copyright, fair use, etc. Do we as a community already have a similar endeavor in place? Michael Lindsey UC Berkeley Law Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
I am not sure this would be as much of a problem as long as it's not a publicly searchable database (that is, people can't browse scans are there and choose them). Of course, this restriction makes it difficult to envision how the UI would work, but something triggered by an exact match should work. Then again, I am not a lawyer. -Ross. On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Andrew Shuping wrote: What type of pages from books are you talking about? Like reference materials, histories, biographies, fiction? Because while my first thought is that would be an interesting idea, my immediate second thought is that publishers and authors would never allow it to happen because of Copyright. Even in ILL land we can't keep scanned pages for a long period of time due to copyright restrictions. Also this sounds a lot like the Google Books project... Andrew Shuping Interlibrary Loan/Emerging Technologies Services Librarian Jack Tarver Library Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Michael Lindsey mlind...@law.berkeley.edu wrote: A colleague posed an interesting idea: patrons scan book pages to deliver to themselves by email, flash drive, etc. What if the scans didn't disappear from memory, but went into a repository so the next patron looking for that passage didn't have to jockey the flatbed scanner? * Patron scans library barcode at the scanner * The system says, I have these pages available in cache. o Patron's project overlaps with the cache and saves time in the scanning, or o Patron needs different pages, scans them and contributes to the cache Now imagine a consortium of some sort where when the patron scans the barcode, the system takes a hop via the ISBN number in the record to reach out to a cache developed between a number of libraries. I know there are a number of cases where this may not apply, like loose-leaf publications in binders that get updated, etc. And I'm sure there are discussions around how to handle copyright, fair use, etc. Do we as a community already have a similar endeavor in place? Michael Lindsey UC Berkeley Law Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
On Apr 25, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Michael Lindsey wrote: A colleague posed an interesting idea: patrons scan book pages to deliver to themselves by email, flash drive, etc. What if the scans didn't disappear from memory, but went into a repository so the next patron looking for that passage didn't have to jockey the flatbed scanner? * Patron scans library barcode at the scanner * The system says, I have these pages available in cache. o Patron's project overlaps with the cache and saves time in the scanning, or o Patron needs different pages, scans them and contributes to the cache Now imagine a consortium of some sort where when the patron scans the barcode, the system takes a hop via the ISBN number in the record to reach out to a cache developed between a number of libraries. I know there are a number of cases where this may not apply, like loose-leaf publications in binders that get updated, etc. And I'm sure there are discussions around how to handle copyright, fair use, etc. Do we as a community already have a similar endeavor in place? It sounds like a great idea ... but I'm guessing that this is the sort of thing that Google got in trouble for, as they were storing copies of books. It might be that as libraries, we have different exemptions from copyright law than I'm aware of, but I'm looking in Section 108 of Title 17 and I don't think it'd be allowed, or at the very least would increase the library's liability. Per 108(g) (g) The rights of reproduction and distribution under this section extend to the isolated and unrelated reproduction or distribution of a single copy or phonorecord of the same material on separate occasions, but do not extend to cases where the library or archives, or its employee — (1) is aware or has substantial reason to believe that it is engaging in the related or concerted reproduction or distribution of multiple copies or phonorecords of the same material, whether made on one occasion or over a period of time, and whether intended for aggregate use by one or more individuals or for separate use by the individual members of a group; or ... -Joe
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
ILL at most institutions does not keep scanned copies for future patrons, not even in a database that's not publically searchable. To do so would be of highly questionable legality with regard to copyright. As would be this plan, alas. You can easily violate copyright just sharing within the (eg) university community, or even just among librarians, it does not need to be 'publicly searchable' to violate copyright. On 4/25/2012 2:20 PM, Ross Singer wrote: I am not sure this would be as much of a problem as long as it's not a publicly searchable database (that is, people can't browse scans are there and choose them). Of course, this restriction makes it difficult to envision how the UI would work, but something triggered by an exact match should work. Then again, I am not a lawyer. -Ross. On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Andrew Shuping wrote: What type of pages from books are you talking about? Like reference materials, histories, biographies, fiction? Because while my first thought is that would be an interesting idea, my immediate second thought is that publishers and authors would never allow it to happen because of Copyright. Even in ILL land we can't keep scanned pages for a long period of time due to copyright restrictions. Also this sounds a lot like the Google Books project... Andrew Shuping Interlibrary Loan/Emerging Technologies Services Librarian Jack Tarver Library Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Michael Lindsey mlind...@law.berkeley.edu wrote: A colleague posed an interesting idea: patrons scan book pages to deliver to themselves by email, flash drive, etc. What if the scans didn't disappear from memory, but went into a repository so the next patron looking for that passage didn't have to jockey the flatbed scanner? * Patron scans library barcode at the scanner * The system says, I have these pages available in cache. o Patron's project overlaps with the cache and saves time in the scanning, or o Patron needs different pages, scans them and contributes to the cache Now imagine a consortium of some sort where when the patron scans the barcode, the system takes a hop via the ISBN number in the record to reach out to a cache developed between a number of libraries. I know there are a number of cases where this may not apply, like loose-leaf publications in binders that get updated, etc. And I'm sure there are discussions around how to handle copyright, fair use, etc. Do we as a community already have a similar endeavor in place? Michael Lindsey UC Berkeley Law Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
A number of years back I pitched a project at UC Berkeley, of all places, to do a scan on the fly project to scan tables of contents and indexes of books returned from circulation. I even prototyped a system for the indexing and display of the resulting pages, with filenames derived from the barcode number and automatic links into the catalog record for the item. The management at the time, in their infinite wisdom, decided to put their resources elsewhere. I still believe that such a project could provide a good deal of value and would be defensible under current copyright law, but then I am completely unqualified to even have an opinion about it. Roy On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Jonathan Rochkind rochk...@jhu.edu wrote: ILL at most institutions does not keep scanned copies for future patrons, not even in a database that's not publically searchable. To do so would be of highly questionable legality with regard to copyright. As would be this plan, alas. You can easily violate copyright just sharing within the (eg) university community, or even just among librarians, it does not need to be 'publicly searchable' to violate copyright. On 4/25/2012 2:20 PM, Ross Singer wrote: I am not sure this would be as much of a problem as long as it's not a publicly searchable database (that is, people can't browse scans are there and choose them). Of course, this restriction makes it difficult to envision how the UI would work, but something triggered by an exact match should work. Then again, I am not a lawyer. -Ross. On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Andrew Shuping wrote: What type of pages from books are you talking about? Like reference materials, histories, biographies, fiction? Because while my first thought is that would be an interesting idea, my immediate second thought is that publishers and authors would never allow it to happen because of Copyright. Even in ILL land we can't keep scanned pages for a long period of time due to copyright restrictions. Also this sounds a lot like the Google Books project... Andrew Shuping Interlibrary Loan/Emerging Technologies Services Librarian Jack Tarver Library Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Michael Lindsey mlind...@law.berkeley.edu wrote: A colleague posed an interesting idea: patrons scan book pages to deliver to themselves by email, flash drive, etc. What if the scans didn't disappear from memory, but went into a repository so the next patron looking for that passage didn't have to jockey the flatbed scanner? * Patron scans library barcode at the scanner * The system says, I have these pages available in cache. o Patron's project overlaps with the cache and saves time in the scanning, or o Patron needs different pages, scans them and contributes to the cache Now imagine a consortium of some sort where when the patron scans the barcode, the system takes a hop via the ISBN number in the record to reach out to a cache developed between a number of libraries. I know there are a number of cases where this may not apply, like loose-leaf publications in binders that get updated, etc. And I'm sure there are discussions around how to handle copyright, fair use, etc. Do we as a community already have a similar endeavor in place? Michael Lindsey UC Berkeley Law Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
This makes a lot of sense for archives and out of copyright stuff Dave Caroline
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
Thanks all. I'm consulting an attorney colleague who is also a librarian working in copyright and digitization. I'll let you know what I learn... Michael Lindsey UC Berkeley Law Library On 4/25/2012 11:54 AM, Roy Tennant wrote: A number of years back I pitched a project at UC Berkeley, of all places, to do a scan on the fly project to scan tables of contents and indexes of books returned from circulation. I even prototyped a system for the indexing and display of the resulting pages, with filenames derived from the barcode number and automatic links into the catalog record for the item. The management at the time, in their infinite wisdom, decided to put their resources elsewhere. I still believe that such a project could provide a good deal of value and would be defensible under current copyright law, but then I am completely unqualified to even have an opinion about it. Roy On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Jonathan Rochkindrochk...@jhu.edu wrote: ILL at most institutions does not keep scanned copies for future patrons, not even in a database that's not publically searchable. To do so would be of highly questionable legality with regard to copyright. As would be this plan, alas. You can easily violate copyright just sharing within the (eg) university community, or even just among librarians, it does not need to be 'publicly searchable' to violate copyright. On 4/25/2012 2:20 PM, Ross Singer wrote: I am not sure this would be as much of a problem as long as it's not a publicly searchable database (that is, people can't browse scans are there and choose them). Of course, this restriction makes it difficult to envision how the UI would work, but something triggered by an exact match should work. Then again, I am not a lawyer. -Ross. On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Andrew Shuping wrote: What type of pages from books are you talking about? Like reference materials, histories, biographies, fiction? Because while my first thought is that would be an interesting idea, my immediate second thought is that publishers and authors would never allow it to happen because of Copyright. Even in ILL land we can't keep scanned pages for a long period of time due to copyright restrictions. Also this sounds a lot like the Google Books project... Andrew Shuping Interlibrary Loan/Emerging TechnologiesServices Librarian Jack Tarver Library Robert Frost - In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Michael Lindsey mlind...@law.berkeley.eduwrote: A colleague posed an interesting idea: patrons scan book pages to deliver to themselves by email, flash drive, etc. What if the scans didn't disappear from memory, but went into a repository so the next patron looking for that passage didn't have to jockey the flatbed scanner? * Patron scans library barcode at the scanner * The system says, I have these pages available in cache. o Patron's project overlaps with the cache and saves time in the scanning, or o Patron needs different pages, scans them and contributes to the cache Now imagine a consortium of some sort where when the patron scans the barcode, the system takes a hop via the ISBN number in the record to reach out to a cache developed between a number of libraries. I know there are a number of cases where this may not apply, like loose-leaf publications in binders that get updated, etc. And I'm sure there are discussions around how to handle copyright, fair use, etc. Do we as a community already have a similar endeavor in place? Michael Lindsey UC Berkeley Law Library
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
Salvete! This makes a lot of sense for archives and out of copyright stuff I agree. I also think it was stated that folks are just scanning a single page. If that's out of a prose book, it's prolly okay. I'm not one of your big city lawyers, and I haven't asked Roy's permission, but this here shiny PDF seems to say that stuff is mostly the same for print as it was when I was a whippersnapper. http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf So keep it to less than 10 percent of a boring non fiction book and the copyright goons won't come for you. Experiment with poetry, articles, and music at your own risk. ;) Cheers, Brooke
[CODE4LIB] Help Start a Digital Preservation Stack Exchange QA Site
I and some other folks working in digital preservation are trying to get a Stack Exchange site focused on digital preservation launched. Here is the blurb defining the proposed site: Proposed QA site for librarians, archivists, curators, data managers, information specialists, computer scientists and engineers and other professionals working to ensure long term access to digital objects. It you would like to help get it launched just click the link and hit the commit button. At this point the biggest hurdle is getting people who have already have at least 200 rep on other stack exchange sites to commit. So, if you have participated in any of the stack exchange sites it would be particularly awesome if you could commit. Also, if you know other folks that you think would be interested please consider sending the link along to them too. http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/39787/digital-preservation?referrer=anTT6XLk2hYl8-Pye4BdZw2 Thanks! Trevor Trevor Owens Digital Archivist National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program Office of Strategic Initiatives The Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave SE Washington DC 20540-1300 202.707.7217 t...@loc.gov @tjowens
Re: [CODE4LIB] crowdsourced book scanning
On Apr 25, 2012, at 3:28 PM, BWS Johnson wrote: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf So keep it to less than 10 percent of a boring non fiction book and the copyright goons won't come for you. Experiment with poetry, articles, and music at your own risk. ;) Actually, the problem with this interpretation (and my original interpretation) is that there's no guarantee that the library owns the materials it's then distributing, which, I suppose is also the issue that ILL runs into. If there was some way to limit the cache to things the library held /and/ you could keep the percentage copied within the realm of fair use, I think you'd probably be fine. While the database/holdings/compliance part wouldn't be so bad, I don't see how on earth you'd be able to capture the metadata to actually populate it. Still, I like Roy's idea and well, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE MICROFORMS. -Ross.
Re: [CODE4LIB] Help Start a Digital Preservation Stack Exchange QA Site
On Apr 25, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Owens, Trevor wrote: I and some other folks working in digital preservation are trying to get a Stack Exchange site focused on digital preservation launched. Here is the blurb defining the proposed site: Proposed QA site for librarians, archivists, curators, data managers, information specialists, computer scientists and engineers and other professionals working to ensure long term access to digital objects. It you would like to help get it launched just click the link and hit the commit button. At this point the biggest hurdle is getting people who have already have at least 200 rep on other stack exchange sites to commit. So, if you have participated in any of the stack exchange sites it would be particularly awesome if you could commit. Also, if you know other folks that you think would be interested please consider sending the link along to them too. http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/39787/digital-preservation?referrer=anTT6XLk2hYl8-Pye4BdZw2 And because you need 200 rep on one of the other sites, you can commit to the proposal, and then find other stack exchange sites that you'd be interested in to try to get the 200 reputation necessary: http://stackexchange.com/sites (although, as a former moderator of the cooking site, I know that if they see people working together to bump up each other's reputation abnormally, they'll at the very least erase it all) ... and hopefully this won't turn into the 'Libraries' proposal that languished as they had 500+ committed, but only 80 w/ the necessary rep and then was renamed to 'Libraries and Information Science' : http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12432/libraries-information-science?referrer=xHuHFdj5_FDG1iedac--IA2 -Joe
[CODE4LIB] Access 2012 - Come to Montreal!
Access 2012 Call for ProposalsThe theme for Access 2012 is discovery/découverte: We want to talk about new ways of doing things, how technology might encourage serendipity in the library and help our users get to the information they need. We want to talk about new ways of weaving together and providing access to information, resources and services. We want to talk about ways for the library to use technology to discover things about its communities and how they use their collections and services. We want to talk about discovering new roles for the library technology folks to play in their libraries, on their campuses and in their communities. We want to talk about dark discoveries, the spotting of cracks in the foundations, the sighting of monsters beyond the edge of the mapŠ We are now looking for submissions in the following areas: * Hackfest projects: Problems meet solutions during the full-day hackfest on October 18, 2012. Please submit a brief overview of the project you¹d like hacked/like to hack. * Ignite talks: Do you have something you want the rest of the community to discover? Prep a deck with 20 slides, and give yourself 5 minutes to tell your story, then wow us something new. Please submit a title for your talk, a brief overview of your talk, and let us know if you¹ve ever done an ignite/pecha kucha talk before. * Presentation ³classic style²: These are your traditional ³tell us about your awesome discovery² sessions, only now with a twist. We want the newest and freshest takes on getting things done. Please submit a title and an abstract (max 250 words) for your talk. All presentation submissions will be peer-reviewed by a panel of your colleagues. (The review will use a blind selection process.) All submissions should be sent to accesslib...@gmail.com by April 30, 2012. Amy Buckland eScholarship, ePublishing Digitization Coordinator McGill University Library 514.398.3059
[CODE4LIB] CFP JCDL 2012 Workshop Emergency Informatics and Digital Libraries
Hi All, JCDL 2012 Workshop submission deadline April 27 2012: Emergency Informatics and Digital Libraries http://www.ctrnet.net/jcdl12 -- Karim B Boughida JCDL 2012 General Co-Chair kbough...@gmail.com bough...@lgwu.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Access 2012 - Come to Montreal!
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Amy Buckland amy.buckl...@mcgill.cawrote: Access 2012 Call for ProposalsThe theme for Access 2012 is discovery/découverte: We want to talk about new ways of doing things, how technology might encourage serendipity in the library and help our users get to the information they need. We want to talk about new ways of weaving together and providing access to information, resources and services. We want to talk about ways for the library to use technology to discover things about its communities and how they use their collections and services. We want to talk about discovering new roles for the library technology folks to play in their libraries, on their campuses and in their communities. We want to talk about dark discoveries, the spotting of cracks in the foundations, the sighting of monsters beyond the edge of the mapŠ We are now looking for submissions in the following areas: * Hackfest projects: Problems meet solutions during the full-day hackfest on October 18, 2012. Please submit a brief overview of the project you¹d like hacked/like to hack. * Ignite talks: Do you have something you want the rest of the community to discover? Prep a deck with 20 slides, and give yourself 5 minutes to tell your story, then wow us something new. Please submit a title for your talk, a brief overview of your talk, and let us know if you¹ve ever done an ignite/pecha kucha talk before. * Presentation ³classic style²: These are your traditional ³tell us about your awesome discovery² sessions, only now with a twist. We want the newest and freshest takes on getting things done. Please submit a title and an abstract (max 250 words) for your talk. All presentation submissions will be peer-reviewed by a panel of your colleagues. (The review will use a blind selection process.) All submissions should be sent to accesslib...@gmail.com by April 30, 2012. Amy Buckland eScholarship, ePublishing Digitization Coordinator McGill University Library 514.398.3059
