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Digital
Library Hardware Showcase Saturday,
July 11, 8:00 am - 10:00 am, McCormick Place West-180 Sponsored
by: LITA Digital Library Technology Interest Group A key
step in any digitization project is the selection of equipment. It's a step
that is repeated many times, and, if you're not careful, could be your last
step! This program will provide a overview of the process for selecting
equipment for digitizing images, objects, audio, and video, with discussion of
when to purchase equipment for in-house use and when to out-source digitization
to a vendor. The program will include a very brief business meeting. Program:
Digital Library Hardware Showcase Moderator:
Michael R. Bolam, Metadata Librarian for Digital Production Digital Research
Library, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh I.
"Better, cheaper, faster" or "down and dirty"? Evaluating
consumer-grade digitization equipment
Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Texas State Library and Archives Commission A
cost-benefit approach to selecting digitization equipment is a vital part of
the digital library professional's toolkit. This presentation will review the
process of evaluating scanners and other hardware commonly used in digitization
projects and will look specifically at widely-available consumer and
"prosumer" grade equipment. A decision-tree approach for deciding
when to outsource instead of purchasing new equipment will also be discussed. II.
Building a scanning center from the ground-up
Emily Gore Head, Digital Initiatives & IT, Clemson University Libraries
Mandy Mastrovita, Digital Production Librarian, Clemson University Libraries Staff
from the Clemson University Libraries will review the process they used to set
up a scanning center and share some of their "lessons learned."
Starting with an overview of questions at the point of project
planning/selection, the speakers will address "hows, whats, and whys"
of equipment selection for their scan center. Business
Meeting: Digital Library Technology Interest Group business meeting: Tyra Grant, Chair: elect new
chair(s) and discuss 2010 program possibilities. |