Some other examples might include - archiving your personal papers, high speed - good ocr - well organized resulting directories of files on a USB key - capturing family history. creating a collectino of personal papers when a family member retires or dies. collection tools, digitization tools, publishing tools. - translating documents - using available tools and networks to translate works for personal use [from micropaying a distributed network to getting more widely interesting docs translated and published for free] - printing physical copies of books for personal use. [using an espresso or similar printer] - printing large formfactor posters and banners for personal use - organizing a cluster of information for a research project or reading group. with outputs as neatly pdf-aggregated reading packets, print versions of same, etc...
The lab would have the ethos of sharing whatever designs you use, or whatever research lenses you produce, in a way and with a name that is accessible to or usable by others -- but the primary goal of the lab would be to empower people to do these things. SJ On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, we need to move back in that direction. FabLabs are entirely > defined in that way ' as a mechanism for enriching your own life, > giving you tools to make your life better, and stepping back tyo see > what happens. > That is absolutely what I have in mind, I just am blocking on coming > up with specific use cases to illustrate that. I spend a lot of time > with wikipedians, who spend their 'pesonal enrichment' time doing > things that help large arhives and others, so my instinctive use cases > are skewed towards what I know they would do with such a lab... > > SJ > > 2011/7/8 Nate Hill <[email protected]>: >> This looks great! >> One thought: >> Most of the activities listed here are somewhat work-like; they are efforts >> to bolster or support other programs or organizations rather than enrich the >> lives of participants. >> Partnering with a public library means, at least in my mind, that you'll be >> working with the public to accomplish some if not all of these listed tasks. >> There's a great opportunity to frame some of these activities as >> experiential learning opportunities, civic engagement, and co-creative >> processes in which patrons work with LibLab staff or volunteers to enrich >> their own lives through knowledge. >> Nate >> >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> A quick update on the LibLab project follows. For more detail, see >>> (and edit!) our no-longer-stubby project page: >>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LibLabs#July_update >>> >>> SJ >>> >>> == I. Location update, DCPL contacts == >>> >>> Katie and I just had a helpful call with Ginnie Cooper, head of the >>> DCPL, and some of her technical and programs staff. >>> Nate, thank you for making that *excellent* introduction; the whole >>> team struck me as efficient, inspired by their work, and deeply >>> knowledgable about the local community and history. I would be >>> thrilled to work with them. >>> >>> They are looking into potential spaces for a lab, and have some ideas; >>> one option would be prominently in the main library, which is right on >>> the Metro. Volunteers are needed to man the lab make this happen; see >>> below. >>> >>> I am still interested in hearing about other possible liblab spaces, >>> in DC or elsewhere -- we will want a list of interested future labs to >>> submit with the final results in September. >>> >>> >>> == II. Timeline == >>> >>> Next steps: if someone is interested in taking a lead on the design >>> work, a design meeting this month would be helpful. >>> And we could start planning now for a 1- or 2-day hacking session with >>> wikimedians and the library -- perhaps in line with the recent talk >>> about having a national followup to the Wiknic, with libraries. :-) >>> >>> >>> == III. Volunteers needed == >>> >>> WE NEED: tech / teacher / organizer volunteers! Available afternoons >>> every day of the week. >>> >>> >>> == IV. Design research needed == >>> >>> We are also looking for someone to lead the work on design options for >>> the space. If you know interested architects or designers, please get >>> them involved. >>> >>> Examples: >>> >>> [1] http://youmediachicago.org/10-philosophy/pages/37-youmedia-layout >>> [2] https://as220.org/labs/blog/2008/09/announcing-the-providence-fab.html >>> >>> >>> == V. use cases for a lab == >>> >>> Please share your own use cases on the wiki. I'd like to have 100 use >>> cases, with example projects, by the end of the month. This more than >>> anything helps line up partners because they understand what sort of >>> desire there is among knowledge-lovers to *do* collection, curation, >>> classification, digitization, and publishing work. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-DC mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc >> >> >> >> -- >> Nate Hill >> [email protected] >> http://www.natehill.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-DC mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-dc >> >> > > > > -- > Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 > 4266 > -- Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-boston mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-boston
