tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22830822387073816142011-07-28T10:06:53.514-07:00Odd web pages and notes to myself about digital and other libraries.librarian666noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283082238707381614.post-73273779420142051682009-12-11T09:00:00.000-08:002009-12-11T09:04:55.557-08:00Articles and Blogs on digitization topics:<br /><br /> * Jill Hurst-Wahl: Digitization 101 - Jill is an expert and excellent writer on this topic. She covers all aspects of digitization, from scanning to User Interface. http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/ [js 12/11/09]<br /> * Hurst-Wahl Blog for one of her classes - provides an excellent overview and examples of digital collections that illustrate her teaching concepts. http://ist677-f2009.blogspot.com/<br /> * D-Lib report on the OCR accuracy: bitonal vs grayscale - [js 04-27-09]<br /> * D-Lib OCR accuracy in large-scale newpaper projects - [js 04-27-09]<br /> * LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Save) approach to preservation - [js 04-27-2009]<br /> * Usability study using CONTENTdm (good overview of usability methods, by Margaret Dickinson as part of her MLS) - pp 22-46 are really interesting - they describe and address the navigation troubles folks have with digital collections [js 04-27-2009]<br /> * Emerging standards for Newspapers from NDNP (Lib of Congress) [js-09-09]<br /> * OCLC's Gateway (supercedes the Harvester) - sync records from CONTENTdm onto WorldCat [js 09-29-09]<br /> * OCLC violates the spirit of Harvesting by making data demands on Harvestees, which defeats the whole point of harvesting..... Inquiring Librarian Blog posting Sept 23, 2009 [js-10/09]<br /> * Jill Hurst-Wahl's excellent overview of digitization process for groups [js 10/12/09]<br /> * Nunberg, Geoffrey. "Google's Book Search: a disaster for scholars." Chronicle of Higher Ed, August 31, 2009 [js 10/09]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2283082238707381614-7327377942014205168?l=librarian666.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>librarian666noreply@blogger.com0