Tim Sherratt writes
> What could you do with 90 million newspaper articles, 7 million
> photos or objects, or the details of more than 17 million books?
Nothing unless I can access to the full copy of the data on the
17 million books, of which I would then proceed to extract
a subset of d
All,
Trove [1] is more than just a discovery portal, it’s also a source of
machine-readable data drawn from cultural heritage organisations
around Australia, including the National Library of Australia and all
State and Territory libraries. Through Trove’s API [2] you can access
millions of record
That doesn't sound like an easy answer at all! Given that we all try to
play nice with institutional funding, all you've said is that in an ideal
world some other group will have a similar mandate. It doesn't get us (in
all seriousness) anywhere. Hopefully our institutions have higher
preservation
On 18/05/13 01:51, Tim McGeary wrote:
There is no easy answer for this, so I'm looking for discussion.
- Should we begin considering a cooperative project that focuses on
emulation, where we could archive projects that emulate the system
environment they were built?
- Do we set p
If fines, fee structures, and social contracts in community spaces interest
you, watch Clay Shirky's TED talk about cognitive surplus, and listen to
the story about day care centers and late pickup fees.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=qu7ZpWecIS8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dqu7ZpWecIS8
On Sunday,
Salvete!
> Libraries charge to lend books.
Some, by no means all. It's also generally limited to newer materials. It's
universally stupid to do this, in my opinion. The folks that can pay are
already buying copies, and we're hurting the patrons that can't pay.
> Late fines are almost uni
Libraries charge to lend books. Late fines are almost universal, and lost
items will result in a charge for replacement costs.
-Wilhelmina Randtke
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:06 PM, BWS Johnson wrote:
> Salvete!
>
>
> > We've got $800 worth of filament which we expect will last us a long,
> long
