Comments for Digital Library Consulting - news and articles http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog News and articles about Digital Library Consulting, their products and services, including Veridian and Greenstone. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on “Papers Past” newspaper digitization site released by ian willsher http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=11&cpage=1#comment-5741 ian willsher Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:26:33 +0000 http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=11#comment-5741 There is a British business called Papers Past also who deal in newspapers - see their website on www.paperspast.co.uk There is a British business called Papers Past also who deal in newspapers – see their website on http://www.paperspast.co.uk

]]> Comment on XMP support in Greenstone by Digital Library Consulting - Digital Library Consulting Blog http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=7&cpage=1#comment-2201 Digital Library Consulting - Digital Library Consulting Blog Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:55:03 +0000 http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=7#comment-2201 [...] of over one million pages, and we’re continuing this work with funding from a government R&D Grant. We’re currently working on another newspaper digitization project which will eventually [...] [...] of over one million pages, and we’re continuing this work with funding from a government R&D Grant. We’re currently working on another newspaper digitization project which will eventually [...]

]]> Comment on “Papers Past” newspaper digitization site released by Bibliothèque nationale de la Nouvelle Zélande : Les “Journaux du passé” « Greenstone-fr http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=11&cpage=1#comment-8 Bibliothèque nationale de la Nouvelle Zélande : Les “Journaux du passé” « Greenstone-fr Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:11:43 +0000 http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=11#comment-8 [...] “Papers Past” newspaper digitization site released [...] [...] “Papers Past” newspaper digitization site released [...]

]]> Comment on DLC involved in Greenstone pilot project in Southern Africa by Stefan Boddie http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-7 Stefan Boddie Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:32:50 +0000 http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=10#comment-7 <p>The METS/ALTO data (for the Papers Past collection) was sub-contracted to a third party, who use the docWORKS software from CCS in Germany (http://www.ccs-gmbh.de/). We work with this third-party regularly, as well as a number of other data conversion companies.</p> <p>Unless you have an enormous amount of data to process (and even if you do) it probably makes sense for you to outsource the OCR work, rather than purchasing the software. Costs depend on the type and volume of materials, the accuracy required, and other factors. Generally speaking it doesn't cost significantly more to process data to METS/ALTO than any other format however.</p> The METS/ALTO data (for the Papers Past collection) was sub-contracted to a third party, who use the docWORKS software from CCS in Germany (http://www.ccs-gmbh.de/). We work with this third-party regularly, as well as a number of other data conversion companies.

Unless you have an enormous amount of data to process (and even if you do) it probably makes sense for you to outsource the OCR work, rather than purchasing the software. Costs depend on the type and volume of materials, the accuracy required, and other factors. Generally speaking it doesn’t cost significantly more to process data to METS/ALTO than any other format however.

]]> Comment on DLC involved in Greenstone pilot project in Southern Africa by anson http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-6 anson Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:06:31 +0000 http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=10#comment-6 what software did you use to create the mets/alto files? how much was the investment in third party software? what software did you use to create the mets/alto files? how much was the investment in third party software?

]]> Comment on Greenstone scalability research grant by Digital Library Developments » Blog Archive » "Papers Past" newspaper digitization site released http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=9&cpage=1#comment-4 Digital Library Developments » Blog Archive » "Papers Past" newspaper digitization site released Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:17:46 +0000 http://www.dlconsulting.com/blog/?p=9#comment-4 [...] of over one million pages, and we’re continuing this work with funding from a government R&D Grant. We’re currently working on another newspaper digitization project which will eventually [...] [...] of over one million pages, and we’re continuing this work with funding from a government R&D Grant. We’re currently working on another newspaper digitization project which will eventually [...]

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