VALA2014 Session 15 Wright

ALICE: are we ready for a startup?

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 15: New Territory
Thursday 6 February 2014, 14:55 – 15:25
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-15-wright

Janette Wright and Jane Cowell

State Library of Queensland

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Abstract

This paper discusses the research project undertaken by State Library of Queensland into what a Digital Library could be. With this project, the State Library explored what a public library could be in 2020 in the virtual realm. Digital Library Project 5 (lightheartedly renamed ALICE) is an investigation into an eLending/ePublishing platform, NOT a library management system. We were not exploring how to organise ‘stuff’. The major issues discussed include the need to be ‘intrapreneural’, the details of the project itself and the risks with a startup approach.

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VALA2010 Session 15 Jilovsky

VALA20120Digitise this: converting content

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 15 – Digitisation/Publishing
Thursday 11 February 2010 14:20 – 14:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-15-jilovsky

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperCathie Jilovsky

Chief Information Officer, CAVAL Ltd
http://www.caval.edu.au

George Panagiotidis

Lead, Digital Services, CAVAL Ltd
http://www.caval.edu.au

Janette Wright

CEO, CAVAL Ltd
http://www.caval.edu.au

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Abstract

This paper describes and illustrates the new processes that CAVAL is using to convert content into digital form. The research and development process began with the purchase of a Kirtas 2400 RA Book Digitising device in 2008. This page-turning device now underpins the provision of high quality digitisation services for books and bound volumes. Issues discussed include image enhancement, file format options, differing criteria for preservation and digitisation and the potential integration of complementary services such as metadata harvesting and copyright permissions management. More recently a facility to digitise large format newspapers and maps has been developed. Much of the digitised content created has now been made available via the web providing access to full-text searchable information that was previously almost impossible to find and access.