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Archive: January 2013 (20 Posts)

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Perspectives on Big Data Stewardship

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

I had the opportunity today to talk at the Big Data and Big Challenges for Law and Legal Information symposium at the Georgetown University Law Center. The event marked the 125th anniversary of the University Law Library. My panel was on Big Data Applications in Scholarship and Policy, and I was pleased to present with …

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Is JPEG-2000 a Preservation Risk?

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

This is a guest post by Chris Adams, in the Repository Development Center, technical lead for the World Digital Library at the the Library of Congress. Like many people who work with digital imagery, I’ve been looking forward to the JPEG-2000 image format for a long time due to solid technical advantages: superior compression performance …

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Scanning: DIY or Outsource

Posted by: Erin Engle

At our personal digital archiving events, we get various questions about scanning family photos, slides, negatives and film. Questions like:  What type of scanner should I use? What resolution should I use? How can I scan negatives? While we’ve focused on developing tips and resources for saving personal digital materials created with software and hardware, …

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A Viewshare Roundup

Posted by: Abbey Potter

Last October Viewshare turned two. I know what you’re going to say: Viewshare is getting so big and is so advanced for it’s age! We agree. (Editor’s note: the Viewshare program was retired in 2018.) This post will round up links to recent papers, presentations and blog posts that show how Viewshare enhances access to …

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When is Open Source Software the Right Choice for Cultural Heritage Organizations? An Interview with Peter Murray

Posted by: Trevor Owens

I am excited to continue the NDSA infrastructure working group’s ongoing exploration of the role that open source software can and is playing in supporting long term access to digital cultural heritage with this interview with Peter Murray about FOSS4lib, “the site that helps libraries decide if and which open source software is right for …