On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:

You might find out if the D.C. PL have similar thoughts and might be
interested in hosting a lab.

The most central need is either an existing space that we could use
for the summer - say if they had a building with rooms that already
handle digitzation and could be built out - or a new somewhat unused
space. Preferably run by an organization that has its own ideas along
these lines, since we would want to include them as a central partner
and leave the lab there once built as the first of its kind.

Bonus for them: some free hardware and expertise, and a spotlight and
some new activity over the summer.
Bonus for liblabs: basic plant and logistics taken care of, and an
existing stream of potential users/participants coming to the
building.

SJ

2011/6/20 Nate Hill <nathanielhill@gmail.com>:

> Hello again all... for what it's worth, I do know Ginnie Cooper, the D.C.
> Public Library Director.
> I saw past threads about looking for folks to collaborate with in D.C. - I'd
> be happy to introduce anyone to her if that is helpful.
> -Nate
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So: some great ideas suggested so far
>> - work with George Mason's History and New Media project (awesome for
>> historical reasons - they funded the first Wikimedia-related grant I
>> ever applied for, in early 2005).
>> Q: do they have space for a lab?
>>
>> - the top idea on http://www.allourideas.org/dpla/results : "work with
>> GPO, DTIC, NARA etc to provide access to fed docs, perhaps offering
>> assistance for digitization"
>> Q: A liblab could definitely do this. What do those orgs currently
>> need in the way of help?
>> Related: how can we define a plan with the Internet Archive or other
>> scanner-providers to get equipment soon?
>>
>> Finally, I invited Nate Hill, a local librarian and eloquent writer
>> from my public library (SJPL) who was at last week's meeting, to join
>> this list. He has been thinking about how to set up library outposts,
>> and can help advise on what might make a good first demonstration.
>>
>> SJ
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:35 PM, K Anderson <andersonster@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Yes, I've been looking for something like this too!
>> > Kristin
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