Europeana just released their first white page, “Knowledge = Information in Context.” The paper covers the importance of data standards, clean data, linked data, and tools and ways to link data (more standards and APIs). The paper is an excellent paper on the importance of making digitized materials useful by creating context.* The article as...
Press Release - The Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) has just released a new planning document, DIGITIZATION ACTIVITIES – Project Planning and Management Outline. The aim of this document is to define activities relating to the digitization of original cultural materials, and to outline general steps for planning and management of this process....
In practice, development doesn’t stop. Recognise this and deal with it.“The coolest thing…” The biggest risk is that premature proscription prevents the coolest thing.Is this a problem? Only if the system is considered as a whole. Decompose system into independent components that are tractable. - Neil Jefferies, “Persistent IT Architectures: Building Digital Archives That...
LOC Press Release: The Library of Congress is among a dozen federal agencies launching an initiative to establish a common set of guidelines for digitizing historical materials. Basing its efforts on a combination of collaborative research and combined experience, the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative will address a variety of issues related to the...