Dealing with the presentation and organization of digitized and born digital collections. Including issues around web design, search, faceted browsing, etc.
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Setting up National Archive system from scratch –where to start?
I have been put in a rare and privileged position – I've been asked to provide technical input for a national archive that is being set up from scratch in a small developing nation. The task at hand ...
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Migrating a repository content to a different platform
I'm working on a project where we will be migrating data from an ePrints repository to a Fedora-based repository. Has anyone ever done something like this? I can get a batch export of EP3 XML but am ...
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What are the most important aspects of an organisational digital preservation strategy?
What are the most important elements to consider in writing an organisational or corporate digital preservation strategy?
By organisational or corporate, I mean a strategy that goes beyond the ...
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From where can you best source digital copies of artworks? (images, drawings, photos of things)
Currently I am required to take one "General Education" course which also happens to be something related to "Art". Sadly, the course is more about quantity of stuff, not about quality, i.e., we learn ...
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How to easily publish archived files as torrent
I'd like to provide an easy way to download archived files as torrents. Right now we just put the archived files on an Apache web server where they can be browsed and downloaded via HTTP.
I stumbled ...
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Software for indexing digital books and documents and make their texts searchable [closed]
I'm looking for preferably free software that will allow one to search a private collection of PDF's and other document and e-book formats for words or sentences in the book.
My purpose is to ...
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Best practice for digitally redacting information from born-digital documents?
In the case of spreadsheets, databases, and other lengthy content printouts may not be practical - or the organization may be working with a remote patron online. Other born-digital formats just ...
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Online magazine delivery
Our public library is considering moving to Zinio for online delivery of some of our magazines. Apparently we would pay money for the platform, then a flat fee for each subscription, which can be then ...
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What is the structure of a digital collections team?
I am looking for info on large academic libraries which have a dedicated digital collections team (made up of digitization, metadata, web services, data visualization, etc.) - essentially, folks who ...
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What is the most effective way of sorting large, unsorted electronic archive collections to enable cataloguing?
We have a number of large, unsorted electronic archive collections that have very little descriptive metadata. We have very little knowledge about the content of the collections and there is no ...
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What are the most important considerations when planning the introduction of a digital asset management system?
Rather than ask how long is a piece of string I was hoping that as a non-techie the community might give their top piece(s) of advice of do's and don'ts. Not just to recommend particular pieces of ...
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What should go into a decision about how many copies of digital objects libraries should keep for digital preservation
Is there a right answer for how many copies one should be keeping of digital content an organization is keeping? Given the amount of issues involved the answer is likely no. Clearly only one copy is a ...
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Are there benefits to having digital and physical collections management duties in one position?
What are the benefits of having both digital and physical collections management duties handled by one position or person rather than separating them into distinct responsibilities? I'm specifically ...
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How should a digitization effort for a library proceed?
If a library is looking into forming a digitization team dedicated to digitizing your rare & special collections:
How should what gets digitized be determined? Should this be focused more on ...
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What aspects of authenticity should libraries and archives be attending to in digital preservation activities?
I'm interested in a comprehensive set of related notions of authenticity of digital objects in the context of digital preservation. In this sense, I would be curious to know how we should be thinking ...
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What preservation risks are associated with the PDF file format?
If the aim is to preserve access to intellectual content encoded in a PDF file, I'm interested in what risks might prevent (or increase the difficulty of) access to that content now or in the future.
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How to create/manage access to digitised/born digital personal archives on PCs in reading rooms?
In my library we have both digitised and born digital archival material. We want to make both available to readers via PCs.
Readers will need to belong to the library and have signed a readers ...
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What has been found to be the most effective alternate term for “digital preservation” when communicating beyond the library and archives community?
The term "digital preservation" can be a turn-off when there is a need to describe, sell or make the case for implementing this kind of work. Curation, digital stewardship, permanent access... Which ...
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What tools are recommended for characterising, assessing or appraising digital content acquired for preservation by an archive?
I'm particularly interested in positive (or negative!) experiences of using particular tools to extract basic technical or content focused information which can then be used to inform decisions around ...
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How do I access full resolution scans from the Internet Archive?
I'm working on a workflow for extracting images (especially) from Internet Archive book scans and I'm wondering if someone has already written up a way (using the API) to access the full resolution ...
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Example of crowdsourced audio/video transcription project?
I know of many projects crowdsourcing the transcription of written material (manuscripts, letters, diaries, etc), but I don't know of any that are crowdsourcing audio or video transcription. Do any ...
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Good examples of training or professional development programs for librarians to gain digital/tech skills
One the goals at MPOW is to help more librarians gain skills related to conceiving, building, and maintaining digital projects. I'd welcome examples of successful training programs for helping ...
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What methods have you effectively used to keep online tutorials up to date?
My digital library department is starting up an effort to create more online tutorials (text and video) on how to do common tasks in digital scholarship - using Google Maps to post a set of data ...
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Is there any reason to digitize in full colour dissertations that were originally submitted in black & white?
We are in the midst of a large digitization project of the earliest dissertations at mpow. For the most part they were submitted in black & white, though some have colour inserts (maps, graphics). ...
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What differentiates libraries, archives and museums when they put collections online?
As more and more museums, libraries and archives provide access to content online it seems to blur the different roles each of these institutions played. Libraries create virtual exhibits, museums and ...
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What is an inexpensive way to back up a digital collection?
My collecting institution has a small digital collection. Because the collection is rather small backing items up to DuraCloud or in a LOCKSS system are not feasible. Backing items up on the ...
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What is the process to make a digital file available via the Library Catalog?
I have some various files (music, eBooks, pdf) that we either own the rights to or are out-of-copyright. I'd like to make them available to patrons for downloading via our catalog. Is there an ...
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Good examples of libraries/archives that provide a single web entry point into all unique collections?
Our library has been trying to envision what a single web portal into all of our unique digital and special collections offerings would look like. We've got two separate special collections and ...
