DLF Fall Forum - Day 3
Today I attended a panel session on Mass Digitisation and the Collective Collection, which (again) wasn't exactly what I expected. Discussion mainly focused on large-scale digitisation of books, and integration with Google Books. I was hoping for some focus on newspapers/journals, but alas it was not to be.
The other session I attended contained two OAIS-related presentations as well as one about the design of a DSpace-based preservation repository from NYU. This latter presentation went into some detail about their component-based approach to the solution (Java, Ruby, SRU/W, xmlrpc, Shibboleth, Handle, METS, MARC/XML, etc.). It would be interesting to take a look at in the context of our own plans to implement an SOA-based approach to software solutions.
I also met with Tim DiLauro to chat about the NLA TakePart service. We had a good chat about it & other NLA initiatives. He was apologetic about not being able to show me something from his side!
I was supposed to catch up with the people from OCLC to demo PANDAS 3, but they disappeared before I got to catch up with them today. Never mind - I can always give them an login to the test or evaluation system at a later date.
The DLF forum finished at about 12:30pm and I got away about 1pm. I arranged to meet Gordon Mohr (Internet Archive) & head out to the Museum of Science with him. He was going to see a special exhibition called BodyWorlds. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a ticket to see it with him, so I wandered around the museum for a bit, then decided to go to the New England Aquarium.
I really enjoyed the aquarium. There was an interesting display on jellyfish. There was a central cylindrical tank with a ramp running around it. The tank had heaps of fish in it, plus a shark and a huge turtle. It was all pretty impressive.
Then I wandered around the wharf as the sun was going down. There are some really beautiful buildings around there, and a nice view across the bay. The mix of historic and modern architecture is really interesting.
I wandered to South Station, caught a train out to Central Square, and walked along Massachussetts Avenue to Harvard Square where I heard the rhythmic sounds of percussion. It turned out to be these awesome guys playing various pieces of junk with sticks of wood, who called themselves "Junkyard Jazz".
They were incredible. I was there for about 20 minutes, just mesmerised by it and they didn't stop the whole time I was there - amazing!
The other session I attended contained two OAIS-related presentations as well as one about the design of a DSpace-based preservation repository from NYU. This latter presentation went into some detail about their component-based approach to the solution (Java, Ruby, SRU/W, xmlrpc, Shibboleth, Handle, METS, MARC/XML, etc.). It would be interesting to take a look at in the context of our own plans to implement an SOA-based approach to software solutions.
I also met with Tim DiLauro to chat about the NLA TakePart service. We had a good chat about it & other NLA initiatives. He was apologetic about not being able to show me something from his side!
I was supposed to catch up with the people from OCLC to demo PANDAS 3, but they disappeared before I got to catch up with them today. Never mind - I can always give them an login to the test or evaluation system at a later date.
The DLF forum finished at about 12:30pm and I got away about 1pm. I arranged to meet Gordon Mohr (Internet Archive) & head out to the Museum of Science with him. He was going to see a special exhibition called BodyWorlds. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a ticket to see it with him, so I wandered around the museum for a bit, then decided to go to the New England Aquarium.
I really enjoyed the aquarium. There was an interesting display on jellyfish. There was a central cylindrical tank with a ramp running around it. The tank had heaps of fish in it, plus a shark and a huge turtle. It was all pretty impressive.Then I wandered around the wharf as the sun was going down. There are some really beautiful buildings around there, and a nice view across the bay. The mix of historic and modern architecture is really interesting.
I wandered to South Station, caught a train out to Central Square, and walked along Massachussetts Avenue to Harvard Square where I heard the rhythmic sounds of percussion. It turned out to be these awesome guys playing various pieces of junk with sticks of wood, who called themselves "Junkyard Jazz".
They were incredible. I was there for about 20 minutes, just mesmerised by it and they didn't stop the whole time I was there - amazing!
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