the shoulders of giants: leveraging existing technologies for the digital public library of america
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The Shoulders of Giants: Leveraging Existing Technologies for the Digital Public Library of America. Martin R. Kalfatovic. DPLA Technical Meeting. Library of Congress. Washington, DC. 14 June 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Martin R. Kalfatovic / 14 June 2011
The Shoulders of GiantsLeveraging Existing Technologies for the DPLA
DPLA Technical MeetingLibrary of CongressWashington, DC
El Dorado County Public LibrarySouth Lake Tahoe, CATravelin' LibrarianFlickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/176011378/
What Descartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, and especially in taking the colours of thin plates into philosophical consideration. If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
- Issac Newton, 1676
Google estimates about130,000,000 books
Smithsonian collections137,000,000 objects, specimens, artifacts
National ArchivesBillions of documents
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Vast … but not infinite
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What existing collections are there?What are the proven technologiesEncourage "boutique" and "cottage"
scanning at local levels to augment mass scanning
Denver Art Museum &Denver Public Library
Digitizing Vendors
Digitizing Partners
Ben FranklinAvatar for the DPLA
Now, let's discuss
Martin R. KalfatovicTwitter: udcmrkBlog: udc793.blogspot.com
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