Transliteracy: Constructing Knowledge and Networks…04.30.12

Library Programmer Needed in Fort Worth for New Mass Digitization Program…04.30.12

A major eCommerce/Catalog/Retail company in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a talented developer to help lead our efforts in the architecture, design, and development of a web site in conjunction with a mass digitization project creating a very large digital content library.

We’re using the latest Microsoft technologies including MVC3, Entity Framework 4, and SQLServer 2008 R2.

Our team uses test-driven development and agile methodologies in a fast-paced, best-practices environment.

We are seeking a developer with experience in the latest Microsoft technologies.

Your skills should include:

More than 2 years experience in web development

Solid knowledge of CSS, Javascript, and jQuery

Solid understanding of the software development process including source control (Team System/TFS)

Strong analytic skills

 If interested and qualified, please send resume a.s.a.p. to:

Contact HR: Deborah at HR@CheaperThanDirt.com

Impact of Digital Natives on Libraries…04.30.12

Linked Data in Libraries…04.30.12

The Real-Time Web and its Future…04.30.12

This Week in Libraries: @ The Vatican – Building the Standards to Make Digital Conservation for the Future Better…04.30.12

Digital Conversations @ British Library…04.30.12

Recent Trends in Digital Reading – The Ebooks Explosion…04.30.12

Public Libraries in the Digital Age by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project…04.30.12

Civil War Widows’ Pension Digitization Project at the National Archives…04.30.12

Could Pinterest be the Silver Bullet for Retailers on Social Media?…04.30.12

New Job Opening – Library IT Programmer for Mass Digitization Project (Fort Worth, TX)…04.27.12

I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Immediately…really!

A major eCommerce/Catalog/Retail company in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a talented developer to help lead our efforts in the architecture, design, and development of a web site in conjunction with a mass digitization project creating a very large digital content library.

We’re using the latest Microsoft technologies including MVC3, Entity Framework 4, and SQLServer 2008 R2.

Our team uses test-driven development and agile methodologies in a fast-paced, best-practices environment.

We are seeking a developer with experience in the latest Microsoft technologies.

Your skills should include:

More than 2 years experience in web development

Solid knowledge of CSS, Javascript, and jQuery

Solid understanding of the software development process including source control (Team System/TFS)

Strong analytic skills

 If interested and qualified, please send resume a.s.a.p. to:

Contact HR: Deborah at HR@CheaperThanDirt.com

Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive and Others: Pricing Per GB and More Compared in Convenient Charts…04.25.12

 

“…The chart doesn’t reflect the 25GB of free space you get on SkyDrive if you’re an existing Windows Live user or how you can get more Dropbox space by uploading photos, but these are the base numbers for new users. Note that Box also just offers storage space rather than syncing…”

The Making of Likeonomics – How To Sell And Write A Book…04.27.12

Putting Facebook’s 900 Million Users Into Perspective…04.27.12

Librarians Surviving Rapid Tech Change…04.26.12

The Growth of Humanity into a Global Force on an Equivalent Scale to Major Geological Processes…04.26.12

Google Adds 3D Photo Tours To Google Maps…04.26.12

SOPA, PIPA and Internet Freedom – Where Do We Go From Here?…04.26.12

Digital Engagement at the British Library…04.25.12

Library Instruction Model…04.25.12

A Culture of Fear and the Attention Economy…04.25.12

Creating Digital Llibraries – Digitization Program Update Stats…04.25.12

What have I been doing for the last 2 years?

In the beginning of 2010, I was hired to create a digitization program to create subject-specific digital libraries.

Working with a programmer from our IT Dept. to create proprietary database software based on a Dublin Core-type metadata scheme and image capture/processing software, it took one year to plan, prepare and launch a digitization program.

Our website is currently in the design phase with an outside contractor.

With 1 librarian and 2 part-time book scanning technicians using modified BookDrivePro book scanners, the following has been accomplished (actual book scanning began March 2011):

9,648   Total Books

3,097   Book Subjects

936,434   Book Pages

3,948,777   Total Page Images

4,943,274   Files in 179,273 Directories - 3.07 TB of data

Digitized Items by Original Format Type

2,705   Paperback

699   Hardcover

228   Newspaper

5,900   PDF

2   Text only

81   Image

112   Paper

Libraries Are Obsolete – Or Are They? – Oxford Debate…04.25.12

Considerations for Your Mobile Library…04.24.12

Google Drive Launched Today…04.24.12

Digitization…04.24.12

Universal Concern That Creativity is Suffering…04.24.12

How does Google search work?…04.23.12

The History of Digital Video File Formats…04.23.12