Digitization
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About Us
The Special Interest Group (SIG) on Digitization is an active forum to share information and strategies related to many aspects of digitization. Meetings throughout the year feature leading digitization experts and include professional development opportunities, group interaction, and access to vendors and other industry contacts.
Meetings
Next Meeting:
TBD
For more information please email Ellen Sexton or Ellen Belcher
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Past Activities
March 19, 2009 - DIGITAL LIBRARY CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MASH-UP
We have them, work with them, bought them, licensed them, created them ourselves and/or are trying to understand them. What skills, ideas, gripes, wants and dreams do we have to share in regard to digital library content management systems?
Do our digital library systems integrate well with other library functions, uses collections and skill sets? Are we happy with our re-programmed, re-worked, cobbled together hybrid and open source systems? How do we feel about the front and back end interfaces; are they working as we envisioned them? What would our perfect content management system look like out of the box? How much reprogramming and customization are we willing and able to accomplish to make our collections digitally available to the wider public?
Participants
Carey Stumm, Archivist, New York Transit Museum [1]Speaking on her experience using PastPerfect Museum Software [2]
Slides - Image:Stumm DigSig 031909.pdf
Ellen Sexton, Information Literacy Librarian, Lloyd Sealy Library, John Jay College and Ellen Belcher, Special Collections Librarian, Lloyd Sealy Library, John Jay College [3]; speaking on their experience using Greenstone Digital Library Software [4]
Slides - Image:SextonBelcher DigSig 031909.pdf
Kevin Reiss, University Systems Librarian, The Office of Library Services, CUNY [5]; speaking on his experience using D-Space [6]and WordPress Blog Publishing Software [7]
Slides - Image:Reiss DigSig 031909.pdf
Angela Sidman, Cataloging Librarian, Mina Rees Library, Graduate Center of CUNY [8]; speaking on her experience using ContentDM Digital Collection Management Software [9]
Slides - Image:Sidman DigSig 031909.pdf
September 18, 2006 Meeting at METRO
Selection Issues for Digital Projects: Presented by Anthony Troncale.
June 7, 2006 Meeting at METRO
Waterways of New York
Creating a small digital collection using Greenstone Open Source Software (planning, process, metadata and technical issues). Presented by Walter Valero and Tom Surprenant
November 14, 2005 Meeting at METRO
Geospatial Electronic Records Web Site Development
Robert Downs described the development of the Geospatial Electronic Records web site, which has been designed to provide web-based access to resources for supporting the community concerned with managing and preserving geospatial data and related electronic records. Features of the website were discussed in terms of their support for meeting the challenges faced by geospatial data librarians, geographical data product developers, archivists, records managers, and other professionals responsible for the stewardship of these digital assets. Dr. Downs serves as the Senior Digital Archivist and as a Senior Staff Associate Officer of Research at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), a center within the Earth Institute of Columbia University.
October 11, 2005: Meeting at METRO
Introduction to Greenstone Open Source Software
Greenstone Digital Library Software is a comprehensive, multilingual open-source system for constructing, presenting, and maintaining digital collections. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato, and developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO. Greenstone developer, Ian H. Witten introduced Greenstone and demonstrated installation and collection building to the METRO Digitization SIG.
May 18, 2005: Meeting at METRO
Brooklyn Museum Archives Initiative
Deborah Wythe of the Brooklyn Museum discussed Museum Archives Initiative project. Carrie Bickner of the New York Public Library provided perspectives on evaluating digital asset management systems and software. The handouts are available - DAMS Business Requirements and Elements of a Generalized Digital Infrastructure
Other Past Meeting Dates
December 6, 2004: Meeting at METRO meeting notes (PDF)
May 4, 2004: Meeting at METRO
February 10, 2004: Meeting at METRO
September 23, 2003: Meeting at METRO
May 20, 2003: Meeting at METRO meeting notes (PDF)
March 18, 2003: Meeting at METRO
February 24, 2003: Meeting at METRO
January 29, 2003: Meeting at METRO meeting notes (PDF)
December 16, 2002: Meeting at METRO meeting notes (PDF)
Convenors
Ellen Belcher
Special Collections Librarian
Lloyd Sealy Library
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Ellen Sexton
Information Literacy Librarian
Lloyd Sealy Library
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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