Digital Libraries
Thinking about digitizing microfilm?
Posted by Kara on 18 August, 2008 in Conferences, Digital Libraries, Preservation
Former SOLINET Preservation Committee Advisory Board member, Becky Ryder, recently posted the following notice about their film-to-digital institute. If you’ve been thinking about digitizing your film or fiche and looking for some advice on how to do it (including how to pay for it), consider attending this event:
Space is filling up for meta|morphosis: the kentucky [...]
Wednesday’s word
Posted by Jennifer on 30 July, 2008 in Digital Libraries, Educational Services, wednesday's word
Pixel
Did you know the term “pixel” is actually short for “Picture Element?” I had no idea until I took a digital imaging of library and archival materials class and thought I’d share.
Some common facts to remember with pixels and your digital imaging:
1) the number of pixels per inch differs upon your resolution
2) the more [...]
The Deadline Approaches! (Pssst - it’s Thursday)
Posted by Laura on 28 January, 2008 in Cataloging, Conferences, Digital Libraries, Electronic Databases, Librarians, SAMM
SOLINET, Southeastern Library Network, and the SOLINET Annual Meeting Planning Committee invite proposals for a panel or an individual presentation for the 2008 Annual Meeting to be held May 8-9 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The theme for the 2008 meeting is “The Transformed Library.” We seek examples of practical approaches to innovation in libraries. Have you employed [...]
Be a part of the SOLINET Annual Meeting 2008!
Posted by Laura on 3 January, 2008 in Cataloging, Conferences, Digital Libraries, Electronic Databases, Librarians, SAMM
SOLINET, Southeastern Library Network, and the SOLINET Annual Meeting Planning Committee invite proposals for a panel or an individual presentation for the 2008 Annual Meeting to be held May 8-9 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The theme for the 2008 meeting is “The Transformed Library.” We seek examples of practical approaches to innovation in libraries. Have you employed [...]
Adding Digital Items to CONTENTdm Using Connexion
Posted by Max on 28 November, 2007 in Cataloging, Digital Libraries, Member Services, OCLC, WorldCat
Catalogers with both Connexion Client 2.0 and CONTENTdm can now add digital items to CONTENTdm during the cataloging process. Once the catalogers have added a digital file to their WorldCat record, the digital file is then added to the designated CONTENTdm collection along with its associated metadata record. For details, please [...]
Report from the Beach
Posted by Max on 19 October, 2007 in Academic Libraries, Conferences, Digital Libraries, Library News, Products and Services, Public Libraries
Today is not over and I am exhausted already! Ever feel like that at a conference? This morning I attended two sessions and one this afternoon. Here is the breakdown on them:
Lip Smacking Good: Web 2.0 Technologies and Your Library Blog, by Robin Fay and Amy Watts of UGA. They gave a short but [...]
CONTENTdm Collections
Posted by Laura on 8 October, 2007 in Digital Libraries
The fantastic thing about CONTENTdm is that content doesn’t have to be limited to the boring stuff. Case in point: Singin’ Sam, The Barbasol Man and Showgirls. Keep yourself entertained and learn something all at the same time.
Find a Pearl in OAIster!
Posted by Max on 27 January, 2007 in Academic Libraries, Digital Libraries
OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources. It harvests records using OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocal for Metadata Harvesting) which is not the same as the Open Access movement. This is part of what is known as the “deep web” - resources that are not traditionally found in standard web search tools [...]