The TP! Wire Service carried an item about this blog posting earlier in the month and I've been trying to apply it as I work on upcoming presentations. The idea is that a PowerPoint presentation should contain no more than 10 slides, last no longer than 20 minutes, and the font used should be no smaller than 30 point. The 20 minute rule has to do with his environment (investment banking), but the whole idea of being succinct (and not our wordy selves) is an interesting one. At any rate, I thought the posting was worth mentioning here. And I'm struggling with the whole "succinct" thing and trying to cut down the number of slides I use. An interesting challenge!
BTW he (Kawasaki) has some interesting content, even for us that are in a totally different industry, like:
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Monday, January 30, 2006
Event: The 3-D’s of Preservation: Disasters, Displays, Digitization
The announcement says:
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Symposium co-sponsored by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) - Preservation and Conservation Core Activity (PAC) and Section on Preservation and Conservation
March 8 - 10 2006 - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Site F.-Mitterrand²
3-D films have once again become popular, especially in the IMAX format. 3-D glasses put the viewer in the middle of the action, as the actors seem to emerge from the screen. In much the same way, certain issues in preservation seem to emerge above others and surround librarians and archivists, clamoring for attention of leaders in the field.
The Bibliothèque nationale de France, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) invite you to attend a special symposium to talk about three of the leading concerns in preservation circles today. Recent disasters around the world have highlighted the need for better planning and preparation to ensure the survival of library collections and cultural materials. Increasing numbers of exhibitions of library and archival materials point to the need for standards and best practices to make certain displayed items are not damaged. Digitization of materials is burgeoning around the world, yet we are not certain of the status of preservation of these important files.
Preservation experts from around the world will gather at the Bibliothèque nationale de France on March 8-10, 2006, to present papers and discuss these issues with members of the IFLA PAC Regional Directors and members of the IFLA Standing Committee on Preservation and Conservation.
Registration is free of charge but compulsory. Seats are limited in number; please find below the registration form to send back before February 28, 2006 by email marie-therese.varlamoff@bnf.fr or isabelle.fornoni@bnf.fr or by fax: +33-1-53-79-59-80
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ALA session: Copyright and mass digitization
myork writes:
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This session was well-buried in the programming and meeting announcements, but the room was still full for an interesting discussion of copyright issues in the dawning era of mass digitization. The session was sponsored by the OITP Advisory committee and moderated by Clifford Lynch, who was introduced by saying that he needed no introduction to this crowd, rather than to say he is a “force for good.”You can read myork's entire notes from this session in the LITA blog.
Panel participants included Jonathan Band, Esq., a copyright attorney; Liz Bishoff, Executive Director, Colorado Digitization Project; and, Dan Greenstein, University Librarian for Systemwide Planning and the California Digital Library.
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Saturday, January 28, 2006
Event: Digital Preservation in State Governments
I received this notice in e-mail.
You are invited and encouraged to attend...
Digital Preservation in State Governments: Best Practices Exchange 2006
March 27-28, 2006
Wilmington, NC, Hilton Riverside Hotel
Registration Deadline: February 23, 2006
This 2-day meeting, hosted by the State Library of North Carolina, provides a forum for staff from state governments and other organizations working to implement solutions for preservation and access to digital collections to come together and exchange hands-on experiences, lessons learned, and best practices in building digital repository systems; collecting and appraising digital assets; metadata; access to digital archives; digital preservation; and other areas. The "Exchange" also provides an excellent opportunity for you, educators in the field, to share your knowledge, exchange ideas, and forge relationships with practitioners in libraries and archives (librarians, archivists, records managers, IT professionals, product developers) that will be beneficial for everyone involved.
The meeting format is somewhat non-traditional in that there are no "official" presentation sessions. Rather, participants are asked to register their interests and willingness to share experiences in particular topic sessions where open discussions (with some moderating) will take place. There will be multiple sessions for each topic which should result in rich discussions and results. For more information on the meeting format, go to the meeting website at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/digidocs/bestpractices
While the State Library cannot cover or assist with travel or meeting expenses for attendees, the registration fee is only $150 and we have negotiated an excellent rate with the Hilton Riverside in Wilmington: $59.75 for both single and double occupancy (you can't beat it!). Wilmington is served by two major airlines and is only a 2 hour drive from the Raleigh-Durham area.
We currently have 40+ participants registered representing the state libraries and/or archives in Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming, as well as various university libraries, the Library of Congress, OCLC, and the Internet Archive. We hope you will consider joining us.
For registration information and meeting details, go to the Best Practices Exchange 2006 website at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/digidocs/bestpractices
If you have questions, please contact Christy Allen at 919-807-7447 or callen@library.dcr.state.nc.us
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You are invited and encouraged to attend...
Digital Preservation in State Governments: Best Practices Exchange 2006
March 27-28, 2006
Wilmington, NC, Hilton Riverside Hotel
Registration Deadline: February 23, 2006
This 2-day meeting, hosted by the State Library of North Carolina, provides a forum for staff from state governments and other organizations working to implement solutions for preservation and access to digital collections to come together and exchange hands-on experiences, lessons learned, and best practices in building digital repository systems; collecting and appraising digital assets; metadata; access to digital archives; digital preservation; and other areas. The "Exchange" also provides an excellent opportunity for you, educators in the field, to share your knowledge, exchange ideas, and forge relationships with practitioners in libraries and archives (librarians, archivists, records managers, IT professionals, product developers) that will be beneficial for everyone involved.
The meeting format is somewhat non-traditional in that there are no "official" presentation sessions. Rather, participants are asked to register their interests and willingness to share experiences in particular topic sessions where open discussions (with some moderating) will take place. There will be multiple sessions for each topic which should result in rich discussions and results. For more information on the meeting format, go to the meeting website at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/digidocs/bestpractices
While the State Library cannot cover or assist with travel or meeting expenses for attendees, the registration fee is only $150 and we have negotiated an excellent rate with the Hilton Riverside in Wilmington: $59.75 for both single and double occupancy (you can't beat it!). Wilmington is served by two major airlines and is only a 2 hour drive from the Raleigh-Durham area.
We currently have 40+ participants registered representing the state libraries and/or archives in Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming, as well as various university libraries, the Library of Congress, OCLC, and the Internet Archive. We hope you will consider joining us.
For registration information and meeting details, go to the Best Practices Exchange 2006 website at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/digidocs/bestpractices
If you have questions, please contact Christy Allen at 919-807-7447 or callen@library.dcr.state.nc.us
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Friday, January 27, 2006
Discussion among the students (Long Tail & preservation reformatting)
Last Friday, I posted a small part of my IST 677 lecture. This week, I asked students to comment on the readings they had done thus far for this class, and several mentioned the articles on the "Long Tail" which I wrote about last week. For some, the readings on the Long Tail really helped them grasp how much content is out there (and often hidden).
Other students have commented on the term "preservation." Everyone seems to understand that digitization does not preserve the original artifact, but does preserve the item's content (e.g., the words in a book). However, confusion sprang up over the term "preservation reformatting"; a phrase used Abby Smith's "Why Digitize?" (Preservation reformatting can be defined as a new format provides a faithful rendering of a printed text from the original item.) The traditional way of doing preservation reformatting is to microfilm the materials. Microfilming does has its problems, especially if the quality assurance procedures are lax, but microfilm stored in the correct conditions will last for many years. (And that has been proven.) Microfilm can also be read with low-tech equipment (a magnifier), unlike the high-tech requirements for viewing a digital image.
So, is digitization a valid way of doing preservation reformatting? Yes, but we must recognize that keeping that digital asset viable for the long-term is not easy. We might even say that it is fraught with problems! So if you are trying to preserve the information for the long-term (decades), in a different format from the original, creating microforms is still the way to go.
So why digitize if it is not about preserving the content of the original item? Access. Unlike microfilm, digital assets can provide greater access to the materials. Access assures that the materials are known, used and studied. Yup...access!
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Other students have commented on the term "preservation." Everyone seems to understand that digitization does not preserve the original artifact, but does preserve the item's content (e.g., the words in a book). However, confusion sprang up over the term "preservation reformatting"; a phrase used Abby Smith's "Why Digitize?" (Preservation reformatting can be defined as a new format provides a faithful rendering of a printed text from the original item.) The traditional way of doing preservation reformatting is to microfilm the materials. Microfilming does has its problems, especially if the quality assurance procedures are lax, but microfilm stored in the correct conditions will last for many years. (And that has been proven.) Microfilm can also be read with low-tech equipment (a magnifier), unlike the high-tech requirements for viewing a digital image.
So, is digitization a valid way of doing preservation reformatting? Yes, but we must recognize that keeping that digital asset viable for the long-term is not easy. We might even say that it is fraught with problems! So if you are trying to preserve the information for the long-term (decades), in a different format from the original, creating microforms is still the way to go.
So why digitize if it is not about preserving the content of the original item? Access. Unlike microfilm, digital assets can provide greater access to the materials. Access assures that the materials are known, used and studied. Yup...access!
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