Is it library work?
Terence Huwe has an interesting article in the recent edition of Online. Here’s the citation: Huwe, T. K. (2006). From librarian to digital communicator. Online, 30(5), 21-26. He charts the path...
View ArticleDigital Preservation
I’m heading out to Cornell next week to attend a Digital Preservation Management workshop. In the preparatory readings, two preservations services caught my eye: HD Rosetta: This service will etch...
View ArticleIs the end near for DRM music?
Jobs recently put up a position statement on his/Apple’s stance on DRM and the iTunes store. The rub comes from the music Apple sells on its online iTunes Store. Since Apple does not own or control any...
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Zotero/Portable Firefox and Synchronization
Until Zotero 2.0 comes out, which will be server-based as opposed to client-based, keeping track of research across multiple computers is a challenge. The solution I’ve been using on my windows boxes...
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Digitization Organization at Oregon State U.
I came across a very interesting article today by Michael Boock on the organizaation structure at Oregon State University: Boock, M. (2008, September). Organizing for Digitization at Oregon State...
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Library Usability Links 11/16/08
The University of Minnesota Walter Library hosts World Usability Day talks in conjunction with Campus IT. New to me: Interactions which is available from the ACM Digital Library A description of user...
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Building a Scanning Studio from Scratch
I’ve been asked by a small-sized museum / special library to make a suggestion on what kind of equipment a start-up digitization studio would need while operating under a budget of approximately...
View ArticleLibrary Usability Links 12/11/08
I’m a fan of user personas, but building personas for applications is an interesting idea. SocialStartup.com identifies five fundamental social patterns: Public Timeline Asymetrical Follow News Feed...
View ArticlePreserving Data in a Hostile Environment
Found via the Washington University DLS blog, here’s an article from the NYT on the challenges faced by the National Archives when it comes to the massive data dump the Bush administration is about to...
View ArticleEffects of Open Source on Preservation
David Rosenthal has a detailed and useful analysis of the value of open format specifications for preservation: If we plot the quality achieved by a newly created renderer for a format against the cost...
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