[Digitalarchivists] Noisebridge DIY Book Scanner

Mon Jul 15 05:49:08 UTC 2013

DA List et al.,

I propose we plan for the late morning/early afternoon of Wednesday the
24th or anytime shortly thereafter.  That way, John will be back in town to
participate.

Reply to confirm.

-Danny

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Christopher Whipple <crwbot at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm unavailable Wednesday evenings and this coming Monday evening, the
> 15th. Other than that, my schedule is fairly flexible given some fair
> warning.
>
> -c
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 5:38 PM, John Shutt <john.d.shutt at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> My return flight is the night of July 23rd, so any date after that would
>> work for me.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 5:01 PM, newmy51 at gmail.com <newmy51 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Jude et al.,
>>>
>>> I'm back in town, moved, mostly recovered from whatever latest plague is
>>> going around, and ready to meet.  However, we have two core group members
>>> currently out of town, both of whom should be back by the end of the month,
>>> if not sooner (hopefully sooner).  I, too, may be leaving town for a spell
>>> sometime in late July/early August.  That said:
>>>
>>> 1.  John and Felipe: when are your precise return dates and earliest
>>> possible days you'd be available to travel to IA and/or Richmond?
>>>
>>> 2.  Jude: what days/times work for you?
>>>
>>> 3.  Chris Whipple: when would your car be available for such a trip?
>>>
>>> Awaiting your replies,
>>>
>>> -Danny
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:38 PM, John Shutt <john.d.shutt at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:20 AM, newmy51 at gmail.com <newmy51 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jude, Daniel & Noisebridge DA-List,
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 archive.org 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 DIYBookScanner thread<http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2569>but there does not seem to be a consensus on a single gold standard so far.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 DA mailing list<https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Digital_Archivists> if
>>>>> you'd like to stay extra-current with our goings on.
>>>>>
>>>>> With great anticipation,
>>>>>
>>>>> -Danny N.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Jude Coelho <judec at archive.org>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Hi Danny,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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 archive.org'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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> archive.org. While you're of course welcome to upload anything you
>>>>>> scan to archive.org, 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).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, and I look forward to working together.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Jude
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jude Coelho
>>>>>> Process Manager
>>>>>> Internet Archive
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/28/13 10:55 AM, Jude Coelho wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Danny,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jude Coelho
>>>>>> Process Manager
>>>>>> Internet Archive
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/24/13 6:17 PM, newmy51 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jude,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  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 (
>>>>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Digital_Archivists) 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Very Best.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  -Danny N.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  PS:  Please forward this onto Robert as well (I don't have his
>>>>>> email address).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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