Editing Digital Archivists 2013-04-21
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9 people in attendence, Danny moderating | 9 people in attendence, Danny moderating | ||
introductions, | introductions, | ||
danny discusses the impetus for calling the first meeting | danny discusses the impetus for calling the first meeting, | ||
in attendance: [[User:Myxomop|danny N]], dany Q, felipe, john, curtis, andrew, [[User:miloh|miloh]], [[User:almccon|alan]], | in attendance: [[User:Myxomop|danny N]], dany Q, felipe, john, curtis, andrew, [[User:miloh|miloh]], [[User:almccon|alan]], kristina | ||
===Reetz Scanner (RS)=== | ===Reetz Scanner (RS)=== | ||
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We took a look at RS via online videos... | We took a look at RS via online videos... | ||
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-qMc2QSOw | Quick overview video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-qMc2QSOw] | ||
[https://vimeo.com/29184137 | More detailed video: [https://vimeo.com/29184137] | ||
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Reetz offered the DIY bookscanner kit for under $500 (discounted price for Noisebridge) | Reetz offered the DIY bookscanner kit for under $500 (discounted price for Noisebridge) | ||
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TO DOs: | TO DOs: | ||
Need to research which items should be purchased and how much it will cost. | |||
Need to figure out who will assembled hardware. | |||
Need to develop user guidelines and protocols. | |||
Need to reserve a member shelf to provide a physical space for the scanner. | |||
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Some details about PS: | Some details about PS: | ||
The prism scanner costs more and has a larger failure rate than the RS (~25%). | |||
It also has a larger footprint (~4-5 feet) than RS. | It also has a larger footprint (~4-5 feet) than the RS. | ||
It may offer a good direction for longer-term investment. | It may offer a good direction for longer-term investment. | ||
Some questions to consider for future development | Some questions to consider for future development: | ||
What's the scope of the scanning problem? | What's the scope of the scanning problem? | ||
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danny discussed the lack of availability of valuable rare books. | danny discussed the lack of availability of valuable rare books. | ||
''Mushrooms, Russia and History'' (1957) is one example and [http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/ New Alexandria] has made the book available digitally | ''Mushrooms, Russia and History''(1957) is one example and [http://www.newalexandria.org/archive/ New Alexandria] has made the book available digitally. | ||
danny suggests scanning for users according to their own purposes (archival and reference) and to keep discussion of licensing issues in order to find ways to successfully get the content released. | |||
kristina suggested looking at other precedents of online file sharing including the [http://archive.org/details/prelinger_library Prelinger Library] and [http://openlibrary.org/ Open Library] where publications can be scanned for online sharing. | |||
felipe discussed a project he was involved in called Sabotage in which academic texts were made available in Brazil. | |||
TO DOS: | TO DOS: | ||
public domain is discussed, copyright, usage guidelines, | |||
documentation to accompany the scanner is discussed -- where to upload information and what kind of licensing issues exits. | |||
===references: === | |||
references.. | |||
aaaaarg.org | |||
===conclusions: === | |||
We're also interested in building other models of scanners with different levels of automation and capability | committed to purchase the last of the diybookscanners from d. reetz, and work to get the remaining parts and get it built for use asap. We're also interested in building other models of scanners with different levels of automation and capability. |