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July 13, 2006
JISC/CNI Conferences 2006 Proceedings
Proceedings for the 2006 JISC/CNI Conference are available.
Topics include digital libraries, repository interoperability, etheses, massive digitisation, Fedora, etc. and many of the usual suspects including Wilkins, Lynch, Choudhury.
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July 12, 2006
bulwer-lytton best worst first lines
"An international literary parody contest, the competition honors the memory (if not the reputation) of Victorian novelist Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873). The goal of the contest is the essence of simplicity: entrants are challenged to submit bad opening sentences to imaginary novels."
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DRH
Digital Reseach in the Humanities and Arts conference
The one, the best, maybe next year...
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nehelenia designs: costumes
A German costume maker. Good range, nice pics, esp. 18th century gowns.
Nehelenia Designs - Exclusive historische Bekleidung
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california digital library tools and guides
Inside CDL: Digital Library Building Blocks
Good guides, best practices and links to tools. Ex:
7train: An XSLT 2.0-based tool for generating METS files from standardized XML inputs (e.g., CONTENTdm Standard XML exports, OAI records, etc.).
From Paul Fogel, CDL, note to METS list:
Version 1 of the open-source, platform-independent tool is
available via Sourceforge at http://seventrain.sourceforge.net.
7train was designed to transform XML documents into METS
files conforming to a specific METS profile. This initial
implementation was designed with the goal of transforming
exports from the CONTENTdm digital asset management tool
(Version 4.0 and higher) into the CDL 7train METS profile,
available at http://www.loc.gov/mets/profiles/00000010.xml,
which is suitable for inclusion in CDL repositories.
However, the tool can be customized to produce METS files
from any kind of standardized XML document (e.g, OAI records).
The tool was developed through the CDL's work in the
"California Local History Digital Resources Project", a
multi-year LSTA grant-funded project that explores a model to aggregate, preserve, and provide permanent public access to digitized local history content via a statewide online access point.
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