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462 – Hathi Trust
And right after Maura’s talk comes an announcement about the Hathi Trust –
Nov. 19, 2009
Contact: Liene Karels, (734) 764-6338, lkarels@umich.edu
Frank Provenzano, (734) 647-4411, fproven@umich.edu
HathiTrust offers full-text search of millions of digitized books and journals
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A year after its launch by 25 leading U.S. research libraries, HathiTrust Digital Library announces a service that will [...]
462 – next slides
Are in eLearning.
462 – scanning
A couple of “scratch disk” problems have cropped up, having to do with Photoshop scanning and trying to save first to the hard disk and running up against the Archives’ working files taking up room. Donna has very kindly just told me that they are working on getting some of their files off (she says [...]
On the singular “they”
I made comments to some of 415 on saying, e.g., “The user can meet their objectives…”, arguing that if the user is singular then the possessive should be as well, leading to “The user can meet his or her objectives…” , which is awkward. This use of the singular they/them/their is controversial (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they), [...]
462 – Nov. 5
On Nov. 5, after we get back from BPL and have a committee meeting, I am stopping class at 12:10. This is to give myself and any of you an opportunity to take the Linked Data workshop that is being offered by GSLIS. You can choose to use those remaining minutes to go to the [...]
462 – remaining 10%
I have added the last piece of your assignments – the remaining 10%. The details are on the wiki, here – http://gslis.simmons.edu/wikis/lis462/Non-group_assignment
462 – next slides
Are in eLearning.
462 – Archives
I have been asked by Donna to remind you to make appointments before you go to the Archives. Not just for scanning, but for every reason. Do not show up in the Archives without an appointment. Thanks.
462 – wiki errors
I messed up the most important page of the moment when I was cleaning up the wiki, so if you went to Environmental Scan looking for the survey link, it has been restored. If anyone else is missing content, let me know. Sorry ’bout that.
462 – white paper deadline
The deadline for white papers is by the end of the day, November 12 (we don’t meet – it is ASIS&T week, but I will be online). White papers will be done by Descriptive Metadata (one on metadata schemes and one on subject access alternatives), Digitization, Evaluation and Usability, Intellectual Property, Marketing, and Preservation.
