digitization

MEETINGS ALL DAY - ?_?

By Nick Ruest ~ Posted Tue, 01/26/2010 - 15:08

Meetings all day. Will everything go better than expected, or will I rage?

Morning:

email - nope, I'm in meetings all day.

Got into work and discovered the contract worker for the giant 25,000 object digitization project started yesterday and nobody told me.

LOOK OF DISAPPROVAL

Checked in the worker and made sure that she was provided with proper documentation regarding file-naming convention, scanning requirements, and storage.

Historical Perspectives of Canadian Publishing - LAUNCH!!!

By Nick Ruest ~ Posted Wed, 10/07/2009 - 02:34

Oops, I was supposed to write about this last Thursday when we actually launched. Busy, busy week. So, without further ado - Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing !

Internment Camp Correspondences, Gestapo Camp Correspondences, updates, and Russell Library

By Nick Ruest ~ Posted Mon, 07/06/2009 - 17:43

More updates on the World War, 1939-1945, German Concentration Camps and Prisons Collection. The Internment Camp Correspondences are now finished. There weren't too many of them - only 56 to be exact.

Concentration Camp Correspondences

By Nick Ruest ~ Posted Mon, 06/22/2009 - 21:55

After an entire year of scanning and meta data entry by a couple of amazing students, we have finished a portion of the World War, 1939-1945, German Concentration Camps and Prisons Collection. The entirety of the Concentration Camp Correspondences [http://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/concentration-camp-correspondence] - 1031 to be exact - are up online with full meta data records.

2009 OLITA Digital Odyssey

By Nick Ruest ~ Posted Sat, 06/06/2009 - 03:16

I must say that the Digital Odyssey was the best one day event I have been to. Just a fantastic day with fantastic people talking about awesome projects. It cheered me up and gave me hope in these crap times. Best part of the day had to be Mike Ridley's keynote speech - The Age of Information is over. It is time for the Age of Imagination. It will be the library's job to nurture and foster creativity.

Workshops attended:

OMG! You Don't Need CONTENTdm!!!

So, I bet a lot of you are wondering what is up with my with my title? Well, I don’t plan on standing up here taking potshots at OCLC for 15 minutes, but I am sure some people in the crowd wouldn’t mind. Basically, the title should have had a very long sub-title along the lines of, like Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Open Source Software.

How many people here know what CONTENTdm is? Well, straight from the site - is a single software solution that handles the storage, management and delivery of your library’s digital collections to the Web.

file:

OMG-Dont-buy-contentdm.ppt.zip

OMG-Dont-buy-contentdm.pdf

OMG-Dont-buy-contentdm.key.zip

Otto : The automatic book scanner

digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca released into the wild

By Nick Ruest ~ Posted Thu, 05/22/2008 - 12:29

Ok, the Digital Collections website is ready for beta testing. Registered users can comment, vote on comments, and tag records - and updated version of the "bookbag" will be added soon. Collections with content include; Peace and War in the 20th Century, Russell Library, and World War II Concentration Camp Correspondences. At this time, AICT, and Kirtas Book Collection are outlines for content to be added later.