<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hey everyone,<br><br></div>That's great news about the PC, Jude! I would be up for travelling to Richmond to meet and help set things up, on whatever date works for everyone else.<br><br></div>
John<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:20 AM, <a href="mailto:newmy51@gmail.com">newmy51@gmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newmy51@gmail.com" target="_blank">newmy51@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Jude, Daniel & Noisebridge DA-List,<div><br></div><div>I'm still out of state, but finally at a computer fit for writing emails which my limited patience for dinky touchscreens will not permit.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Those software tweaks sound like an excellent fit for our purposes, and perhaps kit scanners worldwide, as internet connectivity is not necessarily a guarantee in all scanning circumstances. It's also nice to know that one or more components of the <a href="http://archive.org" target="_blank">archive.org</a> hardware/software suite are retoolable at all. Can that be taken to mean that these things are entirely open source? If so, is there publicly available documentation detailing this equipment and the software behind it? One of the end goals of Noisebridge's book scanning endeavors is, loosely put, to develop hardware, software and operation standards to which all other hackerspaces and their scanners can adhere. From conversations so far with both Daniel and IA people, that appears to be a shared goal.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I can't personally make a trip to Richmond until at least a few days after I get back (20th), as I'll be moving my life out of one San Francisco hobble and into another. We do have several folks in our ranks who have expressed a willingness to travel, whether to the Archive, Ace Monster Toys, etc. I'll leave it to them to speak up if that's a trip one or more are willing/able to make. Purely out of self interest, I propose that meeting take place closer to the end of this month or the beginning of next, so as to remain as personally involved as possible.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We haven't settled on a Powershot model as of yet. That search was ongoing until news came of being loaned Canon DSLRs from the Books dept. at IA. I assume our "beta testing" will benefit from the use of more than one camera model. Seems like we ought to seek out Powershots just to have on hand. Do you, Jude, or other Books people have any insights into the merits of one model or another? I've done my own exploring/conversating in this <a href="http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2569" target="_blank">DIYBookScanner thread</a> but there does not seem to be a consensus on a single gold standard so far.</div>
<div><br></div><div>With all the developments as of late, we (the Noisebridge Digital Archivists group) are definitely due for another general meeting. That will likely be the first order of business upon my return to SF, post-move. I'll send out another dispatch once the date's been set. I extend to you, Jude, the same invitation I have to Daniel, which is to Skype into that meeting and/or simply subscribe to the <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Digital_Archivists" target="_blank">DA mailing list</a> if you'd like to stay extra-current with our goings on.</div>
<div><br></div><div>With great anticipation,</div><div><br></div><div>-Danny N.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Jude Coelho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:judec@archive.org" target="_blank">judec@archive.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hi Danny,<br>
<br>
I wanted to give you an update on where things stand. I ordered a
PC (the same model we use on our scribes) and it should be here
before the end of the week. I plan to put our software on there
and then set a few switches in the software that are designed to
allow our scribes to function in the event of a network outage.
This will allow the software to work without a connection to
<a href="http://archive.org" target="_blank">archive.org</a>'s database. I don't believe that should take more than
a day, so I think, if it's good for you, we can probably meet up
some time later next week or early the following week and so I can
give you the PC, the cameras, and some training in using our
software. I'm also excited to check out the scanner.<br>
<br>
After that, I think you're definitely going to want to make some
modifications to the software, and I'd be glad to help or advise
with that in any way I can. We can discuss it in more detail, but
to briefly summarize our process, our software is designed to
produce a tarball of images along with an xml file containing
metadata about cropping, deskewing, and rotation of the images
(and some structural metadata about page numbers and page types
optionally captured during image capture). This metadata is used
on our servers, once a book is uploaded, to perform those actions
on the raw images, producing the final formats that you see on
<a href="http://archive.org" target="_blank">archive.org</a>. While you're of course welcome to upload anything you
scan to <a href="http://archive.org" target="_blank">archive.org</a>, wait for it to process, and then download it,
I assume you'd also like to be able to produce finished scans
independent of our servers (and we would like to see that happen
as well).<br>
<br>
Would you be able to meet at our Physical Archive in Richmond?
That's where the cameras are, and also where my colleague Sean is
based. He will have some ideas for mounting the cameras.<br>
<br>
I'm also very interested in seeing how the software works with the
Canon Powershots you guys have. Do you have the model number of
those, by the way? I would like to look at the specs online.<br>
<br>
I'll email you again as soon as the PC arrives so we can set a
date. Are you still out of town? If so, is there someone else I
should email about this?<br>
<br>
Thanks, and I look forward to working together.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
-Jude</font></span><div class="im"><div><br>
<pre cols="72">Jude Coelho
Process Manager
Internet Archive</pre></div></div><div class="im"><div><div>
On 5/28/13 10:55 AM, Jude Coelho wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi Danny,<br>
<br>
After you left on Friday, I heard back on an email I had sent to
Daniel Reetz a week earlier, and he suggested we contact
Noisebridge and look into working together since you had one of
the kits. Synchronicity!<br>
<br>
Let me see what Robert has to say about the time frame and I'll
get back to you asap. His email is CCed here btw.<br>
<pre cols="72">Jude Coelho
Process Manager
Internet Archive</pre>
On 5/24/13 6:17 PM, <a href="mailto:newmy51@gmail.com" target="_blank">newmy51@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Jude,
<div><br>
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<div>I write you now from Noisebridge, just beneath the shelf
currently home to the mostly-assembled Reetz kit scanner.
An update has gone out to the Digital Archivists mailing
list (<a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Digital_Archivists" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Digital_Archivists</a>)
with a recap of our attendance today at IA and the
accompanying discussions with yourself, Robert and Jason
Scott. Though I will almost certainly be out of town for
the occasion, we'd like to put together a time when the kit
can be brought to IA and outfitted with the necessary
equipment and/or software to begin the "beta testing" we
discussed this afternoon. The only way I could personally
participate in that meeting would be if it took place this
coming Tuesday, which I realize may be too short of notice.
Either way, get back to me when you can with what works for
you and we'll plan accordingly. And of course, thank you,
again, for your advice, generosity, and interest in our
project and its progress. We look forward to working with
you.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Very Best.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-Danny N.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>PS: Please forward this onto Robert as well (I don't
have his email address).<br clear="all">
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