200704151330 FDLP/DLC : LOCKSS
Intrepid FGI Reporter James Staub got in about 20 minutes late to this session and the audio and the rough transcript reflect that. Non-anonymous corrections are welcome. Rough Transcript: 200704151330 FDLP/DLC : LOCKSS cowell@stanford.edu [I came in late] Scott Matheson 1351 LOCKSS is easy to install 1354 Social solution to a social problem 1357 Although publishers provide authoritative changes that propagate through a LOCKSS group, there's still a cache of original material. 1400 Technical description of what happens: “patron gets content†1401 closed stacks analogy 1408 Q how do you reconcile old computers and massive needs for storage space? DOE collection is 3 terabytes 1411 Q security – viruses? 1413 Comment – large collection publishers should themselves be LOCKSS Alliance partners 1414 Space really hasn't been an issue so far. 1415 What a failure looks like – SM displays a failure at permanent.access.gov that was averted by LOCKSS 1420 Q Why did GPO choose to republish? Patricia Kenly, Georgia Tech 1423 workshop this summer 1429 our Associate Director has called LOCKSS our preservation strategy for digital information 1429 open source is good patricia.kenly@library.gatech.edu 1430 Q can we digitize, gather, republish, and LOCKSS older government information to make it available? EC: yes SM: your IT people understand redundancy EC: LOCKSS team is looking more at front-end crawling, and having discussions with Archive-It Continue reading
Angie Cope, Senior Academic Librarian
My name is Angie Cope and I am a Senior Academic Librarian at the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Libraries. I have an M.L.I.S. from UW - Milwaukee ; an M.S. in Resource Planning and a B.S. in Geography both from Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU). In my current position, I am principally a catalog librarian - cataloging maps, atlases and geospatial data. My secondary responsibilities include collection development. I also assist with outreach, reference, web page maintenance and other projects around my library. For more information on my library, visit me here: AGS Library I also moderate a popular map librarian discussion list called Maps-L. The list maintain an subscribership of around 1,000 people from around the world. The topics discussed include anything related to map librarianship. Often the list is a bit of an announcement board but frequently serves as a great place to pose questions to colleagues. Issues relating to cataloging, air photos, scanning policies, government map index availability or interpreting unusual map codes are examples of what has been discussed in the past. For more information on Maps-L, take a look here: Maps-L Info I'm looking forward to guest blogging in May of 2007 and being a part of FGI. Continue reading
Library of Congress newspaper project
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (BETA) "This site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)." Continue reading
Money management
MyMoney.gov Here's a site from the U.S. Financial Literacy and Educational Commission. It contains detailed information on a variety of money-related topics such as: - Budgeting & Taxes - Credit - Financial Planning - Home Ownership - Paying for Education - Privacy, Fraud & Scams - Retirement Planning - Saving & Investing - Starting a Small Business Continue reading