[Dcmosls] Library thoughts and resources

[Charles O'Bryan]

Good morning,

Thanks to all who applied for an SLS Technology mini-grant.  The word is evidently out that we are in the business of supporting you and providing much needed resources for your exceptional projects.  The number of applicants for funding has far exceeded our expectations and hopes.  Funded projects will be featured during a communication coordinators' meeting next fall.
No, I don't believe that it would be legal to use the following device to convert media from one format to another in your libraries--although it might be worth a call to the cassette vendor to ask permission, but you might like to use the Ion Tape Express
http://www.popgadget.net/2009/10/dont_throw_away.php
 to digitize all of those slowly rotting away cassettes that are in your shoe boxes in the backs of your closets.
In the event that you want to check on possible implications of your conversion, checkout and download for free:

Title:             Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Authors:             Hirtle, Peter B., Hudson, Emily, Kenyon, Andrew T.

The Library 101 Project might be of interest to you who have inquiring minds:
Have you seen it? Have you heard the song and seen the music video? Have you read any of the 23 essays from some of the greatest minds in Libraryland (and David King and I too;)? Have you looked at the carefully selected list of 101 hyperlinked resources that share critically important things to think about and know in order to ensure a vibrant future for libraries, even as technology changes the information access and community landscapes?
http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2009/10/29/the-library-101-project-is-live-now/

Or, you can keep an eye on census data soon to be fully digitized:
Today Footnote.com<http://Footnote.com> announced it will digitize and create a searchable database for all publicly available U.S. Federal Censuses, ranging from the first U.S. Census taken in 1790 to the most current public census from 1930. Through its partnership with the National Archives, Footnote.com<http://Footnote.com> will add more than 9.5 million images featuring over half a billion names to its extensive online record collection.
http://blog.footnote.com/entire-u-s-census-goes-interactive-with-footnote/

Just a few morning thoughts,

Chuck



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