Category: Digital Libraries

  • Google starts new digitization program with the U.S. National Archives

    Announced today — Google is entering into a pilot program with the U.S. National Archives to digitize all video content.  See: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/history-deserves-best.html –Terry

  • OSU digital production since Julyish

    Thank goodness for students.  OSU started their Dspace/Digitization program somewhat in earnest this summer.  And a message from our system admin regarding archival disc usage got me wondering how much scanning actually had been done by the students over the past 6-9 months.  Not counting digitized images (of which, there was ~15,000), the Digital Production…

  • Exposing a C# component as a COM Server and other GAC related issues

    (Sorry about the initial formatting in Firefox. WordPress didn’t like the xml style comments that get inserted into C# so I’ve removed them.) Exposing a C# component as a COM Server and other GAC related issues There are actually quite a few good sites that document how this works, but during the process of setting…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 17: Final thoughts

    Just some final thoughts on this conference.  First, IRC…I’ve not spent a whole lot of time playing around on the code4lib IRC channel — but the IRC added a very interesting dynamic to this conference.  In fact, in some cases, the back conversation provided as much information as the presentations.  It was great.  My goal…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 16: 20 minute sessions 2 + breakouts/lighting talks

    Teaching the Library and Information Community How to Remix Information Raymond Yee The one thing that sticks out in this session is that someone is actually showing MLIS students how information can be remixed.  I just got out of an MLIS program 3 years ago, and I don’t remember this type of a class being…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 16: 20 minute sessions 1

    1000 lines of code Thom Hickey This was a very interesting look at OCLC research.  Thom showed a number of very light-weight coding projects to do a number of very cool and interesting things.  Personally, I liked this one.  Very often, many projects get lost in the complexity of the task.  What I liked here…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15: Breakout sessions/Lighting Talks

    I attended the unAPI breakout session.  I’m not sure I completely understand how this will be completely utilized, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the developing standard. Lighting talks Yeah — this is what every conference needs.  Maybe I’ll try to get in on this tomorrow. –Terry

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15: 20 minute sessions 2

    Lipstick on a Pig: 7 Ways to Improve the Sex Life of your OPAC Jim Robertson This was interesting, but most of the information presented would be difficult to implement within Innovative.  The ILS that this presentation utilized was Voyager, one of may systems that is much more open that our ILS.  This actually is…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15 Keynote: 20 minute sessions 1

    Here are some notes from the first set of 20 minute sessions.  There is one session not commented on, Jeff Young’s session on WikiD.  Its an interesting project, but one that I’m having a difficult time summarizing. (Twenty minute sessions) ERP Options in the OSS World Art Rhyno Primary OpenSource ERP Contenders: GNUe — python-based,…

  • Code4Lib: Feb. 15 Keynote: Evergreen development

    Evergreen branching out Bill Erickson (Systems Developer), Jason Etheridge (PINES System Support Specialists), Brad LaJeunesse (PINES System Administrator) and Mike Rylander (Database Developer) Quick History of the PINES Consoritum *      Started as a Y2K project o        Many libraries running older, antiquated systems. o        Some libraries were still manual *      Politial support was available for the…