Dear members of Wikimedia CH

As discussed with the Board recently on a TAO project review, I was asked
to circulate a Survey on a) Special interests and b) Availabilities of
community members (see links to the Doodle polls below).

After the TAO Kick-off meeting in October 2010 in Bern the project is
progressing and demanding more community involvement on both sides
(Wikimedia and Seniorweb). For our planned inter-community activities we
need support from our members – those who have expressed their interest
already and others who didn’t so far.

Another important step in the project development is the launch of the
TAO info desk in the Coop Shopping mall in Wankdorf/Bern where we are
trying to approach our target groups to evaluate the needs for online
courses and training. The pilot phase has already begun, the official
launch will be in January ongoing. Our community partner Seniorweb
already identified and prepared an impressive number of volunteers for
this start-up and we urgently need people to represent our community
there. If the Wankdorf pilot event will be successful, it is intended to
adopt it to other Coop Shopping malls in Biel/Bienne, Basel, Zurich or
comparable metropolitan locations.

In the francophone part (Fribourg and Lausanne), community meetings with
Seniorweb will be organized soon to meet each other and to find common
grounds and issues for further cooperation. Similar events need to be
organised in the German-speaking parts of the country as well. Anybody
who is interested and willing to support us with organizing local
community meetings is highly welcome!

For the Special Interest survey we designed the following typologies:
A = TAO project in general (core group);
B = Participation and support of pilot actions like the Shopping mall in
Wankdorf;
C = Participation and support of similar pilot actions (Coop Shopping
mall) at other locations (multiplication);
D = Participation at community meetings with Seniorweb;
E = Organizing other regional/local events in your home area (with
support of the TAO community coordinators of course!);
F = Participation in the WM Task Force on cooperation with the Federal
Archive/ Bundesarchiv (public sector data).

Please note / tack your special interest in the Doodle poll below
according to the defined typologies (A – F):
http://doodle.com/huf5sdvxq7knnzth

The next/second Doodle poll is asking for your time availabilities for
such activities over the week and weekends (for planning and
coordination purposes):
http://doodle.com/g7mkpq56vtwy6ru5

Please note that travel expenses for community actions can be reimbursed.
We kindly appreciate your feedback until Sunday, 12 December 2010.

Thanks a lot for a broad contribution to these surveys!

Kind regards,
Wolf Ludwig (TAO project coordinator)

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Hi Bruno,

that's excellent work, I am very happy to see that happening in Switzerland.

The idea to use digital cameras for digitalising 2d material is actually
used by Google as well. I was looking for that article, but couldn't
find it right now. But the "scanner" was basically built manually from
cheap components and used open source software. The concept was like this:
http://www.diybookscanner.org/


/Manuel


Am 03.12.2010 09:52, schrieb bruno jehle:

   Dear members of Wikimedia,

   thanks to Wolf for that great project opening.

   As some of you know, I have many years experience in imaging,

   internet and prepress. I give training and work for archives and

   international companies and since 12 years we are in the field of

   media asset management.

   This summer, the State Archive of Aargau asked me, if I could

   find a solution for a device in the library, so that guests can

   digitalize

   archive material on their own, without assistance and without

   disturbing other readers at the place.

   Usually such systems are costly and complex

   <http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Bookscanner&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8>.

   This was interesting to me, as I am a founding member of "digitale

   Allmend" and I think it is essential, to make the cultural heritage

   freely available in digital form. By experience I know, that there

   are a lot of possible solutions, but most of them have some

   disadvantages. Such as slow scanners, computer viruses, limits

   in size and light conditions...

   I went into the matter and found a convincing solution.

   Based on latest standard cameras and other equipment I was

   able to configure an economic system, which fits the need.

   I spent many hours in research and testing. Surprisingly, not

   even Nikon, the supplier of the camera module was aware, that

   such a system is working without fail. Nobody did so far, it seems.

   Only a few parts had to be manufactured. The surprising fact

   is, that the quality of the system is even far above expectation.

   That is the only critic I got from the Archive in Aarau, where

   the device is in public operation.

   Here some sample images:

   http://www.bjinstitute.org/downloads/reprostation/reprostation/samples.html

   Here you find more informations (PDF):

   Description of bji Reprostation in english

   <http://www.bjinstitute.org/downloads/reprostation/101102_reprostation_bji_s_en.pdf>

   Description in german

   <http://www.bjinstitute.org/downloads/reprostation/100816_reprostation_bji_de.pdf>

   This technology is more efficient than any scanner. It can be used to

   capture printed matter, Photos from Albums, Slides, Negatives...

   and it is mobile too. It can be moved into a museum or archive.

   For interesting projects I am glad to contribute my professional

   experience as well as hardware on lease base or sale. It will be a

   pleasure to me, to demonstrate the abilities and give training to

   volunteers.

   Please let me know, if someone is interested in a free workshop

   on that matter in January 2011 in Switzerland.

   Warm regards from Hyderabad

   Bruno

   PS: on 7th Feb. I fly back to India.

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