Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small to Medium-Sized Digitization Projects

Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small to Medium-Sized Digitization Projects

The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is pleased to announce a call to participate in a forthcoming book, tentatively titled Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small to Medium-Sized Digitization Projects. This book is intended to document experiences with digitization projects that fall outside the spectrum of mass digitization initiatives that have tended to be more thoroughly discussed and documented. Digitization in the Real World will be co-edited by Professor Kwong Bor Ng (Queens College, CUNY) and Jason Kucsma (METRO).

Your experiences will provide useful case studies on what works and what does not for libraries, archives, museums and other cultural heritage organizations managing small- to medium-sized collections. Librarians, archivists, and students stand to benefit from your experiences — learning about the how the key elements of digitization projects play out in diverse institutional contexts. How was your project started? How was it implemented? What organizational and technological obstacles were encountered, and how were they overcome? Were they overcome? What new solutions did your project implement, and were those experiments successful or not? What are some of the lessons learned from your project? Is your project still growing? If not, why?

The scope of these case studies will inherently diverge, and we encourage that diversity. A book that candidly discusses your projects will be of great value to other libraries, archives, museums, cultural institutions, and graduate school students in library science and archives programs.

If you’d like to participate, please submit the following information via email on or before August 31, 2009.
Name:
Email:
Institution:
Chapter Abstract: 500-1000 words describing the scope of your project and key elements you intend to address in your chapter.

Should your proposal be accepted, you will be notified by September 21, 2009 with chapter guidelines and editorial suggestions. The final chapter would be due on December 14, 2009, upon which it will be sent for double-blind peer review. The book is scheduled to be published by METRO, and you will, of course, receive a copy of the book.

CONTACT:
Jason Kucsma
Emerging Technologies Manager, METRO
jkucsma_at_metro.org

Professor KB Ng
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Queens College, CUNY
kbng_at_qc.cuny.edu

ABOUT METRO:
The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) was chartered in 1964 by the New York Board of Regents to “promote and facilitate utilization of existing resources and to develop additional library services in the New York metropolitan area.” Today, with 250 member organizations throughout New York City and Westchester County, METRO is the largest of New York State’s nine reference and research library resource systems, and one of the largest library service organizations in the world. Since 2005, METRO has provided over $300k in digitization grants to fund over 30 small to medium-sized digitization projects as part of its Digital Library Services Plan.

ABOUT THE EDITORS:
Prof. Kwong Bor Ng is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, CUNY. His most recent publication is Using XML, published by Neal Schuman in 2007. His other book (co-edited with S. Rummler), Collaborative Technologies and Applications for Interactive Information Design: Emerging Trends in User Experiences, will be published in Sept 2009 by IGI Global.

Jason Kucsma is the Emerging Technologies Manager at the Metropolitan New York Library Council where he manages METRO’s Digitization Grant Program and is the point person for member inquiries related to the resources, training and referral services associated with digitization, digital preservation and emerging technologies issues. Jason received his M.A. in American Culture Studies from Bowling Green State University and an M.L.S. from the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science. He is currently working part-time on a certificate in Digital Information Management (University of Arizona), is part-time lecturer in Rutgers’s Library and Information Science graduate program, and is a recent graduate of ALA’s 2009 Emerging Leaders Program.

CFP: Microform & Imaging Review

CFP: Microform & Imaging Review

Microform & Imaging Review is an international journal that includes articles about digital and microform (microfilm/microfiche) technologies and collections. Areas of possible focus include:

-Case studies of building digital collections
-Digital preservation
-Offering digital for access / microfilm for preservation
-Newspaper digitization from microfilm
-Library 2.0 technologies and digital collections
-digital media centers for student/faculty use
-digital/microfilm collections in collection development
-overview of current digitization / microfilm equipment
-promoting microfilm collections in the digital age

Additional information about the journal, including a listing of digital and microfilm collections for review, is available at:
http://ken.middlet.googlepages.com/

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Ken Middleton
Editor, Microform & Imaging Review
Box 013, Walker Library
Middle Tennessee State Univ.
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
(615) 904-8524
ken.middlet@gmail.com

Call for articles: International collaborative digitization projects (OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives)

Call for articles: International collaborative digitization projects (OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives)

OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives will be publishing a special issue on digitization projects that areinternational and collaborative. The editor is looking for innovative digitization projects that feature multiple formats (books, images,maps, 3D visualization, music, art, etc.), and that have multiplepartners and collaborators from different countries and nationalities. Projects that are based on international grants are especiallyencouraged. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shotsare encouraged. OSS: IDLP is a peer-reviewed journal.If you are interested in contributing, please send the editor your name,a short proposal of the topic, and a tentative title for the article. Deadline for proposals is July 1, 2008. Articles would be due to theeditor by December 1, 2008. Any questions can be directed to theeditor. Thank you.Dr. Brad Eden Editor, _OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives_Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and ScholarlyCommunicationUniversity of California, Santa Barbaraeden@library.ucsb.edu

Call for papers - Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria

Call for papers - Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria

'Provenance' is the free scholarly journal of Public Record Office Victoria (PROV), the Victorian state archives. 'Provenance' features peer-reviewed articles, and other contributions, that present reseach drawing upon records in PROV custody.
Call for Papers for issue no. 8 - due 31 March 2008

The most recent issue of the journal is issue no. 7 (September 2007), which is available at:

And contains the following contributions:

* Lee-Ann Monk presents a case study of reports of patient abuse at Kew Asylum;

* Valerie Lovejoy examines the lives of Chinese miners on the Bendigo goldfield from 1854-1865;

* Cate Elkner reports on the digitisation of a truly unique record from PROV's collection - a 4.5 x 6 metre map of Victoria;

* Jan Croggon explains how Sovereign Hill historians have used public records to re-create the goldfields town;

and others

If you are interested in submitting an article for future issues or would like to receive an email reminder when each issue is published online, please contact the Editor, Sebastian Gurciullo by phone on (03) 9348 5600; or email

Regards

Sebastian Gurciullo
Editor, 'Provenance'

Dr Sebastian Gurciullo
Editor, Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria
Public Record Office Victoria
North Melbourne Victoria 3051
Email: sebastian.gurciullo@prov.vic.gov.au
Visit the website at http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/provenance

CFP: Upcoming issues of Education Libraries (peer reviewed journal)

CFP: Upcoming issues of Education Libraries (peer reviewed journal)

We are accepting papers for the next two issues of Education Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by SLA's Education Division. This journal is indexed in ERIC, and Wilson Library Literature and Information Science. For information about the journal, instructions for authors, and full-text copies of selected back issues, please go to http://units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html. You do not have to be a member of SLA or the Education Division to publish in Education Libraries. We welcome additional book reviewers.

Call for papers, Spring 2008:
The next issue will focus on children's resources.
Deadline: February 1, 2008

Call for papers, Fall 2008:
Topics could include archives and digitization; historical collections; digital libraries.
Deadline: August 1, 2008

Email queries and manuscripts to co-editor, Jacqueline Snider at
jacqueline-snider@uiowa.edu.

Thank you.

Jacqueline Snider

CFP: IFLA Acquisition & Collection Development Section

CFP: IFLA Acquisition & Collection Development Section

*IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section Division of Collections and Services

74th World Library and Information Congress, Quebec City, Canada, 10-14 August 2008

*Session Theme: "In and Out (of Copyright): Contrasting Perspectives on Digitization of Library Collections"

The IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section invites librarians and other interested parties to submit proposals for papers for the Section's two hour Open Programme during the Quebec Congress.

A broad range of initiatives are underway in the library and information community focusing on digitization of print collections, including materials both in and out of copyright. We invite papers that present contrasting views, from participating libraries or organizations, of these various digitization efforts. We are interested in learning about the opportunities that are presented and the challenges that have arisen in participating libraries and organizations.

Please send a detailed abstract (1 page or at least 300 words) of the proposed paper (must not have been published elsewhere) and relevant biographical information for the author(s)/presenter(s) _by 1 February 2008_ via email to:*

*Lynn Sipe (Mr.)
Chair, IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section
Standing Committee
Collection Development Coordinator
USC Libraries
University of Southern California
WAH B4D
Los Angeles, California 90089-0294
Tel: (213)740-2929 Fax: (213)740-3148
e-mail: lsipe@usc.edu

*The abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Acquisition and Collection Development Section's Standing Committee. Successful proposals will be identified by 22 February 2008. Full papers will be due by 15 May 2008. Papers should be no longer than 20 pages. A maximum
of 20 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper during the Section's Open Programme in Quebec.

Please note that the expenses of attending the Quebec conference (including travel, conference fee, and any other expenses) will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of the accepted papers.