Library Cataloging
A tool from the Carnegie Mellon may help speed digitization of texts.
- Open Publication Distribution System
Well, I'm back to the weblog again because an idea has taken hold of me. I recently became aware of Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog format, a syndication format for e-pubs based on Atom & HTTP. It is something like an RSS feed...
- Scriblio Download Now Available
Scriblio, the Mellon Award winning front end for the catalog, is now available for free download. It is based on WordPress, the popular blogging tool.Scriblio (formerly WPopac) is an award winning, free, open source CMS and OPAC with faceted searching...
- Digitization Blog
A new 'blog that may be of interest to some readers, digitizationblogdigitizationblog focuses on digitization and related activities in libraries, archives, and museums, and is a source of news relevent to people who manage and implement digitization...
- Cybercasts
Dr. Gloriana St. Clair, Dean, University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University, visited OCLC Dublin (Ohio) recently to discuss the Million Book Digital Library Project. This international library project strives to create a free-to-read, searchable collection...
- This 'blog
Bloglet has begun working again. That is the service that e-mails postings from web logs each night. No need to visit a site, a good option for folks who like e-mail. However, this summer it has provided erratic service, not so nice. Since it is a free...
Library Cataloging
Digitization Tool
A tool from the Carnegie Mellon may help speed digitization of texts.
Carnegie Mellon researchers have launched a new service that will not only protect e-mail addresses on the web from spambots, but also help digitize a backlog of old books, magazines, and newspapers so that they can eventually be computer searchable. The service, called reCAPTCHA, hopes to use the eyeballs of millions of Internet users to identify thousands of words for the Internet Archive.
- Open Publication Distribution System
Well, I'm back to the weblog again because an idea has taken hold of me. I recently became aware of Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog format, a syndication format for e-pubs based on Atom & HTTP. It is something like an RSS feed...
- Scriblio Download Now Available
Scriblio, the Mellon Award winning front end for the catalog, is now available for free download. It is based on WordPress, the popular blogging tool.Scriblio (formerly WPopac) is an award winning, free, open source CMS and OPAC with faceted searching...
- Digitization Blog
A new 'blog that may be of interest to some readers, digitizationblogdigitizationblog focuses on digitization and related activities in libraries, archives, and museums, and is a source of news relevent to people who manage and implement digitization...
- Cybercasts
Dr. Gloriana St. Clair, Dean, University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University, visited OCLC Dublin (Ohio) recently to discuss the Million Book Digital Library Project. This international library project strives to create a free-to-read, searchable collection...
- This 'blog
Bloglet has begun working again. That is the service that e-mails postings from web logs each night. No need to visit a site, a good option for folks who like e-mail. However, this summer it has provided erratic service, not so nice. Since it is a free...