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Robb Mullins | 2 Nov 03:34
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looking for someone who has digitized printed music (or books)

Hi,
 
I'm looking for ideas from someone who has worked on digitizing a collectin of printed music.  (Books
would probably work too.) 
 
The process, issues that came up, why you picked one thing over another, what's ideal vs. practical
reality, etc.  Those types of things.  
 
I'm most interested in the metadata side and how these items were included in your catalog.  
 
Thanks,
RM
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Carol Bean | 2 Nov 11:20
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Re: looking for someone who has digitized printed music (or books)

Have you looked at http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/84:

Bringing Sheet Music to Life: My Experiences with OMR
Andrew Bullen
This article describes the process of digitizing sheet music celebrating Pullman porters and rail travel
from the 1870s-1920s. The process involves 1) digitizing sheet music, 2) running the digitized sheet
music through an Optical Musical Recognition (OMR) software package, 3)cleaning up the resulting file,
4) converting it into an .mp3/MIDI file, and 5) tweaking it to use the voices/instruments of a music
editing software program. The pros and cons of some popular OMR programs are discussed.

Carol

-----Original Message-----

Date:    Sat, 1 Nov 2008 19:34:55 -0700
From:    Robb Mullins <robbmullins <at> YAHOO.COM>
Subject: looking for someone who has digitized printed music (or books)

Hi,

I'm looking for ideas from someone who has worked on digitizing a collectin=
 of printed music. (Books would probably work too.)
The process, issues that came up, why you picked one thing over another, wh=
at's ideal vs. practical reality, etc. Those types of things.
I'm most interested in the metadata side and how these items were included =
in your catalog.

Thanks,
RM
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Breeding, Marshall | 5 Nov 03:04
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2008 Library automation survey

I am conducting another round of the library automation perceptions
survey.  Last year's survey was the basis for "Perceptions 2007: an
international survey of library automation:"   

  http://www.librarytechnology.org/perceptions2007.pl

The data collected through this year's survey will inform a similar
report that provides the statistical results and interprets to the
extent possible what it says about the current library automation arena.

The survey aims to measure how libraries perceive their current library
automation system, the companies involved in their support and
development, and to gauge interest in open source alternatives.  As more
libraries become involved with open source ILS products, I'm especially
interested in measuring their satisfaction relative to those that use
traditionally licensed systems.  

Last year I received 1,779 survey responses.  An even larger volume of
responses this year will help increase the validity of the survey and
result in a stronger report regarding the state of the industry.  I
think that all of us have an interest in gaining a better understanding
of what libraries think about their current automation situation as we
think about effective strategies going forward.

Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey.  The following link
provides more information about the survey and is the easiest way to get
to the survey response form:

  http://www.librarytechnology.org/blog.pl?ThreadID=91
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Steven Miller | 5 Nov 17:24
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CFP: The Ethics of Information Organization

* Conference announcement & Call for papers * 
   (apologies for cross-posting) 

The Ethics of Information Organization 

May 22-23, 2009 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 

Information organization (IO), like other major functions of the information profession, 

faces many ethical challenges. In the IO literature, ethical concerns have been raised 

with regard to, for example, the role of national and international IO standards, providing 

subject access to information, deprofessionalization and outsourcing of IO, education of 

IO professionals, and the effects of globalization. These issues, and others like them, 

have serious implications for quality and equity in information access. The Center for 

Information Policy Research and the Information Organization Research Group at the 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee join in presenting this conference to address the 

ethics of information organization. 

The themes of the conference may include, but are not limited to, ethical aspects of and 

approaches to:
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Maribeth Manoff | 6 Nov 22:51
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IT Administrator II, University of Tennessee, Hodges Library

Please excuse cross-postings.

The University of Tennessee has re-opened a search for a Programmer to
support our Digital Library Initiatives.  The position listing below
represents revised requirements.

Position:  	IT Administrator II
Appointment Rank: 	Exempt
Salary: 	$40,000 minimum
Available: 	January 1, 2009

The University of Tennessee Library seeks an innovative individual to
join Digital Library Initiatives to develop open-source and
proprietary library information systems in support of digital
collections and services. This is an exciting opportunity to join a
rapidly developing program of the University of Tennessee Libraries.
The position will report to the Project Leader of Digital Library
Initiatives (DLI), working closely with other DLI staff, the Catalog
and Metadata Librarian, the Library Technology Services staff, and the
Special Collections Library staff.

The IT Administrator II will interact with a wide variety of
individuals in the library and university, working in Linux and
Windows environments, providing software analysis, metadata
transformation, and support for digital library applications.
Experience with XSLT is a primary need for this position.

This position will interact with counterparts at peer institutions
developing similar systems.  Current systems in use are DLXS, XTF and
a variety of locally developed systems.
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Robb Mullins | 10 Nov 00:43
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any debate about LCC M?

Robb Mullins wrote: 
Hi,
 
I'm working on a school project, looking for issues about LCC M.  
 
Beyond the standard criticism of LCC in general, is anyone debating LCC M anymore?  
 
Are there any flaws in LCC M or is it pretty much a dead issue?
 
I might looking in the wrong places, but the articles I'm finding are only in print and some aren't even
available in print on the library campus.
 
Thanks,
RM
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Schwartz, Christine | 10 Nov 15:06

Code4Lib Journal: call for proposals, March issue

*** Please excuse cross postings ***

Call for Submissions:

The Code4Lib Journal (C4LJ) exists to foster community and share
information among those interested in the intersection of libraries,
technology, and the future.

The Code4Lib Journal is now accepting proposals for publication in its
6th issue. Don't miss out on this opportunity to share your ideas and
experiences. To be included in the 6th issue, which is
scheduled for publication in late March 2009, please submit articles,
abstracts, or proposals to c4lj-articles <at> googlegroups.com by Friday,
December 12, 2008. When submitting, please include the title or subject
of the proposal in the subject line of the email message.

C4LJ encourages creativity and flexibility, and the editors welcome
submissions across a broad variety of topics that support the mission of
the journal. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

    * Practical applications of library technology (both actual and
hypothetical)
    * Technology projects (failed, successful, proposed, or
in-progress), including how they were done and challenges faced
    * Case studies
    * Best practices
    * Reviews
    * Comparisons of third party software or libraries
    * Analyses of library metadata for use with technology
    * Project management and communication within the library environment
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Jody DeRidder | 11 Nov 15:24

Digitization Specialist (staff), University of Alabama Libraries

(Apologies for cross-posting)

Please share with anyone you know who may be interested and qualified.
To apply, go to:  https://jobs.ua.edu
Click on “search staff postings” on the left
Under “Classification title” select “digitization specialist”

The description is below.

Classification Title 	Digitization Specialist

FLSA Code: 	Non-Exempt (Hourly)
Job Category: 	Technical/Paraprofessional
Pay Grade/Pay Range:
 	54 Hourly (non-exempt) - Minimum - $ 10.12 Midpoint - $ 12.64

Normal Work Schedule:
(i.e. Monday-Friday 8:00am to 4:45pm) 	Monday - Friday 8 a.m - 4:45 p.m

Appointment Type: 	Regular Full-time (Benefits eligible)

Job Summary:
 	The Digitization Specialist will be responsible for capturing,
reformatting, and conversion of primary and other source materials into
digital files for online presentation as well as quality control of such
files.

The Digitization Specialist will create digital images and documents from
a variety of materials following best practices for scanning, quality
control, administrative and structural metadata creation, tracking,
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Kemp, Rebecca | 11 Nov 16:17
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ALA Midwinter Presentation Proposals: ALCTS Continuing Resources Section C&RL Interest Group

*This message is cross-posted.*

The ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries
Interest Group (CRS C&RL IG) requests presentation proposals for our
Midwinter meeting in Denver on Saturday, January 24th from
10:30am-12:00pm.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

- RDA and FRBR, as they pertain to serials

- Best practices in managing budget cuts and serials cancellations

- KBART and knowledge base management

- Next generation OPACs and serial displays

- Open Access journals

Each presentation should be approximately 20 minutes.  There will be
time for discussion.

Please e-mail proposals by December 9th to Britta Santamauro,
bsantamauro <at> chasemail.org

Please include in your proposal:

- Title of presentation 

- Brief summary of proposed presentation
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Karen Coyle | 12 Nov 02:19

Canadian Copyright Registry Beta

One of the tasks that is becoming integrated into bibliographic 
applications is that of helping the user understand the copyright status 
of resources they encounter. For example, OCLC is setting up a registry 
of copyright evidence related to bibliographic data in WorldCat.

http://www.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/infrastructures/newservice/copyright.htm

The Open Library is also working with some activists in Creative Commons 
to integrate copyright information into the Open Library. The CC folks 
who are working with the Open Library already have a beta test planned 
for a registry of Canadian copyright information. If you want to 
participate in the beta test, here is the relevant information:

Calling Canada's librarians - the Canadian Public Domain needs you!

Access Copyright (The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency) and Creative 
Commons Canada, in partnership with Creative Commons Corp. and the 
Wikimedia Foundation, invite Canada's library community to help us test 
the Canadian Public Domain Registry beta website.

The ground-breaking project – the most comprehensive of its kind in 
Canada – will create an online, globally searchable catalogue of 
published Canadian literary works.  The Registry's integrated rights 
calculator allows users to automatically determine each work's copyright 
status on an evolving basis.  The Registry will also link to digital 
versions of the work and provide information about where a paper-copy 
can be purchased, when available.

In essence, we're building a public domain library and that's why we 
need you (Canada's librarians) to help test our beta website and ensure
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