Saw the below article a few days ago. Main point of interest to FSFE is the last bit of the quote, where the National Library's Digitisation Programme Manager says "we have achieved [the overhaul of our digitisation workflows and the putting in place of key technical infrastructure] with limited full time technical resources and a very restricted budget by collaborating on international open source projects."
Good stuff.
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The National Library of Ireland has released 10,500 newly-digitised items online.
It means that a total of 63,000 items that tell the story of Ireland are now freely available worldwide through the National Library catalogue.
Photographs of 1916 leader Tom Clarke, his wife Kathleen and family; and posters documenting the Suffragette movement are among the newly-digitised items.
It also includes a portrait of the infamous Ellen Byrne, who was tried for her husband's murder in 1842 after his badly decomposed body was found in their shared bed.
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan said the newly-digitised collections "are a wonderful piece of our cultural and literary heritage, which will now be preserved for and made accessible to the people of Ireland for generations".
He also said it showcases Ireland's growing reputation as a centre for the innovative use of digital technology.
The library's Digitisation Programme Manager Sara Smyth said it was important to have an effective national programme of digitisation and preservation to ensure public access to culturally important collections.
She said: "Libraries have always collected, managed and provided access to all forms of information.
"While this core remit has not changed, dramatic advances in information technology means the NLI is driving forward a programme of metadata creation, digitisation, digital preservation and online access to our cultural heritage.
"Since 2010, we have overhauled our digitisation workflows and put in place key technical infrastructures.
"We achieved this with limited full time technical resources and a very restricted budget by collaborating on international open source projects."
Sadly, it seems the licensing terms for the digitized content may be pretty crappy: http://www.nli.ie/en/faq/faq-rights-reproductions.aspx
There's a lot of "contact us to ask" in that page.
--j.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Ben North ben@redfrontdoor.org wrote:
Saw the below article a few days ago. Main point of interest to FSFE is the last bit of the quote, where the National Library's Digitisation Programme Manager says "we have achieved [the overhaul of our digitisation workflows and the putting in place of key technical infrastructure] with limited full time technical resources and a very restricted budget by collaborating on international open source projects."
Good stuff.
- 8< - - - -
The National Library of Ireland has released 10,500 newly-digitised items online.
It means that a total of 63,000 items that tell the story of Ireland are now freely available worldwide through the National Library catalogue.
Photographs of 1916 leader Tom Clarke, his wife Kathleen and family; and posters documenting the Suffragette movement are among the newly-digitised items.
It also includes a portrait of the infamous Ellen Byrne, who was tried for her husband's murder in 1842 after his badly decomposed body was found in their shared bed.
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan said the newly-digitised collections "are a wonderful piece of our cultural and literary heritage, which will now be preserved for and made accessible to the people of Ireland for generations".
He also said it showcases Ireland's growing reputation as a centre for the innovative use of digital technology.
The library's Digitisation Programme Manager Sara Smyth said it was important to have an effective national programme of digitisation and preservation to ensure public access to culturally important collections.
She said: "Libraries have always collected, managed and provided access to all forms of information.
"While this core remit has not changed, dramatic advances in information technology means the NLI is driving forward a programme of metadata creation, digitisation, digital preservation and online access to our cultural heritage.
"Since 2010, we have overhauled our digitisation workflows and put in place key technical infrastructures.
"We achieved this with limited full time technical resources and a very restricted budget by collaborating on international open source projects."
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""" What is permission, and how is it different from copyright?
The NLI provides copies of images and other material in its collections on the understanding that no copy will be reproduced without the NLI’s written permission. For the right to reproduce a copy, a reproduction fee will usually be charged, and acknowledgement must be made to the NLI in the publication. Many items in our collections are still in copyright so written permission from the copyright holder must also be obtained by the person seeking to reproduce the item.content here... """
So they are publishing items that are out of copyright but still asserting some nebulous form of ownership of these items. Is it possible for me to look at something in their online collection without implicitly agreeing to this "license"?
F
On 29 April 2014 01:31, Justin Mason jm@jmason.org wrote:
Sadly, it seems the licensing terms for the digitized content may be pretty crappy: http://www.nli.ie/en/faq/faq-rights-reproductions.aspx
There's a lot of "contact us to ask" in that page.
--j.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Ben North ben@redfrontdoor.org wrote:
Saw the below article a few days ago. Main point of interest to FSFE is the last bit of the quote, where the National Library's Digitisation Programme Manager says "we have achieved [the overhaul of our digitisation workflows and the putting in place of key technical infrastructure] with limited full time technical resources and a very restricted budget by collaborating on international open source projects."
Good stuff.
- 8< - - - -
The National Library of Ireland has released 10,500 newly-digitised items online.
It means that a total of 63,000 items that tell the story of Ireland are now freely available worldwide through the National Library catalogue.
Photographs of 1916 leader Tom Clarke, his wife Kathleen and family; and posters documenting the Suffragette movement are among the newly-digitised items.
It also includes a portrait of the infamous Ellen Byrne, who was tried for her husband's murder in 1842 after his badly decomposed body was found in their shared bed.
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan said the newly-digitised collections "are a wonderful piece of our cultural and literary heritage, which will now be preserved for and made accessible to the people of Ireland for generations".
He also said it showcases Ireland's growing reputation as a centre for the innovative use of digital technology.
The library's Digitisation Programme Manager Sara Smyth said it was important to have an effective national programme of digitisation and preservation to ensure public access to culturally important collections.
She said: "Libraries have always collected, managed and provided access to all forms of information.
"While this core remit has not changed, dramatic advances in information technology means the NLI is driving forward a programme of metadata creation, digitisation, digital preservation and online access to our cultural heritage.
"Since 2010, we have overhauled our digitisation workflows and put in place key technical infrastructures.
"We achieved this with limited full time technical resources and a very restricted budget by collaborating on international open source projects."
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http://rt.com/uk/174744-uk-internet-fileshare-piracy/
This probably has ramifications for free software, including in Ireland.