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:
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:METRO Training Center
Topic: This first meeting of the Digitization SIG (DIG SIG) in over a year invites participants to help define the future of the SIG by discussing the vision and plan for future meetings. Participants will be invited to weigh-in on topics that will be covered in future DIG SIG meetings.
Contact: Ellen Sexton or Ellen Belcher, Digitization SIG Co-Conveners
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Past Activities
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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