LofT Notes 9 - 1/13/2003
| LofT Notes is a periodic newsletter
designed to keep UVa Library
staff informed about new and interesting digital initiatives being undertaken
throughout the Library, upcoming speakers and presentations, and other news.
In this Issue:
WebCat has a new look for spring! Thanks to the efforts of Chris Hoebeke and Garry Barrow the new design was unveiled January 11, 2003. This design updates the look of WebCat to the rest of the library web pages. It was created following usability testing of the current WebCat, and has been approved by Public VIRGO, VIRGO Steering and the User Services Council. Please note that this new design does not change any existing functionality. Over the next few weeks, minor changes may be made, especially to the interior pages.
DLPS Acquiring Book Scanner Digital Library Production
Services have purchased their first dedicated book scanner. The Minolta PS
3000 is designed for scanning bound volumes face-up to minimize handling as
well as stress on the book. As DLPS fine-tunes its book scanning workflow,
this new equipment should enable a quicker turnaround time for selectors'
keyboarding requests. Thwaites edition of Lewis and Clark Journals Online The American Studies Information Community has made available the centennial edition of the Lewis and Clark journals: Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806; with introduction, notes, and index by Reuben Gold Thwaites, 1904-05. The seven volumes of text are available as full text and as page images; the eighth volume of maps is forthcoming. A full search text is also planned. Go to http://infocomm.lib.virginia.edu/amst/lewisclark.html and follow the links by volume.
Writings of George Washington Online John C. Fitzpatrick's The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799, is now available online though the Etext Center. The electronic edition of the thirty seven volumes were edited by Frank Grizzard, senior associate editor with the Papers of George Washington Project, jointly coordinated by the UVa Library and Mount Vernon. George Washington resources are available at http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/washington/ Read the Daily Progress article on the publication at http://dailyprogress.com/news/archive/MGBHIXFX79D.html
Fedora™ "beta" Software Released The Digital Library Research
and Development group, along with the Cornell Digital Library Research Group,
released the beta1 (prerelease) version of the Fedora™ software on December
21. The Fedora software will serve as the data infrastructure for the Library's
Central Digital Repository, and is installed for evaluation at eight deployment
partner institutions: Indiana University, King's College, London, the Library
of Congress, Northwestern University, New York University, Oxford University,
Tufts University, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The first official release
of the repository software is expected to be completed and distributed by
May 2003. |