<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hey there,<br><br></div>I'm part of the collections group at <a href="http://archive.org">archive.org</a>, and am super interested in this project. You can see an example of the output of our scanning workflow in the orig_jp2.tar in this item [1]<br>
<br></div>I've forwarded your questions on to someone in the books group, to at least get an answer and also with an invitation to jump in if they so desire; otherwise, I'm happy being your point of question/contact :)<br>
<br></div>Alex<br><div>(<a href="mailto:abuie@archive.org">abuie@archive.org</a> if you want to check my authenticity, haha)<br><br>[1] <a href="https://ia801002.us.archive.org/5/items/literaryinfluenc00cook/">https://ia801002.us.archive.org/5/items/literaryinfluenc00cook/</a><br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:50 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crw@crw.io" target="_blank">crw@crw.io</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 10/28, <a href="mailto:newmy51@gmail.com">newmy51@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
> Has anyone spoken up yet at a meeting about establishing a fixed location for the scanner?<br>
<br>
</div>Not at a meeting, no, but we've made contact and come to an agreement<br>
with the folks using the dark room. The shelving inside will be<br>
re-arranged, and we'll get the far left corner of the room for the<br>
scanner. We've taken measurements and it should just fit. It probably<br>
won't be comfortable, but it'll be a home for the unit. I'll also note<br>
that we probably won't have a lot of room for a standard form-factor<br>
computer and monitor. We should think about pooling some resources to<br>
source a raspberry pi or bugging the IA for one.<br>
<br>
> Any word from IA?<br>
<br>
No, but I didn't know we were expecting to hear from them. Do we have<br>
a point of contact that I can send questions to? Off the top of my<br>
head, I've got the following questions/concerns:<br>
<br>
Is there a standard image format we want to use? JPG vs. RAW vs.<br>
whatever?<br>
<br>
Is there a standard for encoding information about the book in the<br>
image's EXIF data? x-isbn or x-book-title or x-book-author or<br>
something similar?<br>
<br>
It looks like IA has a JSON API, but at first glance it looks like<br>
it's for reading data that's already there, not for uploading new<br>
stuff. Am I missing something? The same question applies to<br>
interacting with the new Open Library.<br>
<br>
Is there a best practices guide that already has all this information<br>
that I just don't know about yet?<br>
<br>
At this Thursday's meeting we'll be putting the scanner back together<br>
and refining our shell script with niceties like auto-detecting the<br>
cameras, accepting input of book metadata to be including in the EXIF<br>
data, finalizing filenames to reflect book title and page numbers (is<br>
there a standard there, too?) and adding an audio cue (probably<br>
system beep to start, or maybe play a .wav) when the script is ready<br>
for another button press. We'll also probably start talking about the<br>
uploading component of the process as well.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Back to the mountains... More soon.<br>
<br>
</div>Enjoy your trip! Stay safe!<br>
<br>
-chris.<br>
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