Comments on: Digital Library Hardware Showcase http://litablog.org/2009/07/digital-library-hardware-showcase/ Library and Information Technology Association Wed, 09 May 2012 13:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mike Bolam http://litablog.org/2009/07/digital-library-hardware-showcase/comment-page-1/#comment-218218 Mike Bolam Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:35:23 +0000 http://litablog.org/?p=1488#comment-218218 The slides from these presentations have been uploaded to the ALA Presentations site: http://presentations.ala.org/index.php?title=Saturday%2C_July_11 The slides from these presentations have been uploaded to the ALA Presentations site:

http://presentations.ala.org/index.php?title=Saturday%2C_July_11

]]> By: Emily Gore http://litablog.org/2009/07/digital-library-hardware-showcase/comment-page-1/#comment-218202 Emily Gore Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:09:42 +0000 http://litablog.org/?p=1488#comment-218202 Thanks for the write-up. We are happy to work outsourcing deals - give me a call! ;-) One small correction - Clemson is located in South Carolina and is part of the South Carolina Digital Library. North Carolina was actually one of the first states to have an organized statewide digitization project. Thanks for the write-up. We are happy to work outsourcing deals – give me a call! ;-) One small correction – Clemson is located in South Carolina and is part of the South Carolina Digital Library. North Carolina was actually one of the first states to have an organized statewide digitization project.

]]> By: Mike Bolam http://litablog.org/2009/07/digital-library-hardware-showcase/comment-page-1/#comment-218196 Mike Bolam Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:39:55 +0000 http://litablog.org/?p=1488#comment-218196 Great write-up Melissa. I think you really captured a lot of the good points. We're working on getting the powerpoint slides online and will post here when they are available. Great write-up Melissa. I think you really captured a lot of the good points. We’re working on getting the powerpoint slides online and will post here when they are available.

]]> By: Steve McCann http://litablog.org/2009/07/digital-library-hardware-showcase/comment-page-1/#comment-218085 Steve McCann Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:28:58 +0000 http://litablog.org/?p=1488#comment-218085 Excellent writeup of a very good session. Kudos to the organizers on this one. One thing that really stuck out for me was the presentation by Danielle on "pro-sumer" cameras. She converted megapixels to PPI equivalents and then compared the various flavors of the Canon digital SLRs. For an 8x10 original the 21.1 MP Canon Mark III camera (at $5,500 for body and lens) will still only manage 468ppi. That's fine for preservation right now, but many standards are moving to 600ppi for preservation quality image capture. (I'm thinking of the <a href="http://bcr.org/dps/cdp/best/digital-imaging-bp.pdf" rel="nofollow">BCR CDP Best Practises</a>.) Using an <a href="http://pro.atiz.com/" rel="nofollow">Atiz system</a> with the <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=15710" rel="nofollow">Mark III</a> you could easily spend $24,000 for a system that can not attain an image capture higher than 500ppi. I'm looking forward to the slides in order to verify these numbers. Excellent writeup of a very good session. Kudos to the organizers on this one. One thing that really stuck out for me was the presentation by Danielle on “pro-sumer” cameras. She converted megapixels to PPI equivalents and then compared the various flavors of the Canon digital SLRs. For an 8×10 original the 21.1 MP Canon Mark III camera (at $5,500 for body and lens) will still only manage 468ppi. That’s fine for preservation right now, but many standards are moving to 600ppi for preservation quality image capture. (I’m thinking of the BCR CDP Best Practises.) Using an Atiz system with the Mark III you could easily spend $24,000 for a system that can not attain an image capture higher than 500ppi. I’m looking forward to the slides in order to verify these numbers.

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