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(a)gmail.com>om>:
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(a)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(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Yes, I've been looking for something like
this too!
Kristin
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