Comments on: Dusty books and shiny toys http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/ timothy vollmer Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:19:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/#comment-300 Chris Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:54:24 +0000 http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/#comment-300 And I checked with Kat Hagedorn, who runs OAIster, and she says she is definitely getting OCA records from UIUC. She harvests from other OCA particpants, but is unclear on whether any of the records are OCA content, as they are not specifically identified as such. And I checked with Kat Hagedorn, who runs OAIster, and she says she is definitely getting OCA records from UIUC. She harvests from other OCA particpants, but is unclear on whether any of the records are OCA content, as they are not specifically identified as such.

]]> By: timothy vollmer http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/#comment-299 timothy vollmer Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:07:22 +0000 http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/#comment-299 Hey thanks for the note, Chris. I wasn't sure about this, so I did a quick search on the OCA site--they say that "Metadata for all content in the OCA will be freely exposed to the public through formats such as the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and RSS." http://www.openarchives.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol) Hey thanks for the note, Chris. I wasn’t sure about this, so I did a quick search on the OCA site–they say that “Metadata for all content in the OCA will be freely exposed to the public through formats such as the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and RSS.”

http://www.openarchives.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol)

]]> By: Chris http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/#comment-298 Chris Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:53:35 +0000 http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/#comment-298 Is the OCA making their metadata harvestable? Michigan is contributing the public domain records in two sets (U.S public domain and worldwide public domain), and has them searchable in OAIster. If the OCA was doing the same, at least the metadata would be interoperable. Is the OCA making their metadata harvestable? Michigan is contributing the public domain records in two sets (U.S public domain and worldwide public domain), and has them searchable in OAIster. If the OCA was doing the same, at least the metadata would be interoperable.

]]> By: Paul Courant http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/#comment-297 Paul Courant Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:06:58 +0000 http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/02/04/dusty-books-and-shiny-toys/#comment-297 Well, I hate to think that I came off as an enthusiast for the Kindle. I think it's most interesting feature is not as a reader but as a reader that is, in Levy's phrase, "always on." What is true about it is that it works, as does the Sony Reader, in that one can have a good reading experience with it. But to my taste, it's still a long way from being as good to read from as a book, and I believe that the success of ebooks will be bound up with good print-on-demand for a long time to come. See my blog post, e-books and p-books, at http://paulcourant.net/2007/12/29/e-books-and-p-books/ Regarding the various battles about digitization, compatibility, interoperability, law, orphaned works, and the like, it is very much my hope that as more and more works get digitized the pressure to find a set of legal, market and regulatory frameworks that make them usable will increase. I have a post relevant to this topic, as well. http://paulcourant.net/2007/11/04/on-being-in-bed-with-google/ Paul Courant Well, I hate to think that I came off as an enthusiast for the Kindle. I think it’s most interesting feature is not as a reader but as a reader that is, in Levy’s phrase, “always on.” What is true about it is that it works, as does the Sony Reader, in that one can have a good reading experience with it. But to my taste, it’s still a long way from being as good to read from as a book, and I believe that the success of ebooks will be bound up with good print-on-demand for a long time to come. See my blog post, e-books and p-books, at http://paulcourant.net/2007/12/29/e-books-and-p-books/

Regarding the various battles about digitization, compatibility, interoperability, law, orphaned works, and the like, it is very much my hope that as more and more works get digitized the pressure to find a set of legal, market and regulatory frameworks that make them usable will increase. I have a post relevant to this topic, as well.
http://paulcourant.net/2007/11/04/on-being-in-bed-with-google/

Paul Courant

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