IA Issues

Internet Archive Discussion Points

At a meeting in San Francisco of Brewster Kahle (IA), Robert Miller (IA), Tom Garnett (BHL), Martin Kalfatovic (SIL/BHL), it was decided that BHL would provide a list of activies, etc. where the IA could improve its relationship with BHL (and other scanning partners). Please post things that you would like to see the IA do that would make our partnership work more effectively. I've started some general categories; feel free to add new ones or modify and just dump things into "other".

Also take a look at the First Monday article comparing Internet Archive (OCA) with Google Books: "Open Content and Value Creation" by Magnus Cedergren

- Martin

Documentation

• More thorough documentation of IA processes and workflow posted in an open and accessible place
• Publically accessible wiki/blog for hosting of documentation and ability for scanning partners to interact with the documentation

Scanning Process

• Standards for scanning - particularly foldout ppi, use of wonderfetch for metadata ingest
• Standardization of scanning across scanning facilities
  • use of WonderFetch
  • electronic packing lists and return invoices
  • bound-withs
  • feedback to book providers from book loaders

Administration

• Consultation with scanning partners on changes in standards, hardware, software etc.

Other

• ????

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List Below SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. Use this page to report issues such as damaged materials or errors in shipping and processing. Use the above section for general issues




Issues with IA metadata at NYBG as of October 2008 (more to come)
TITLE Journal de la Société nationale d'horticulture de France.
IMPRINT Paris : Au siége de la Société, 1886-1927.
CALL # With XJ .A68
VOLUME ser.3 t.18 1897
BARCODE 3518500263307
http://www.archive.org/details/journaldelasoci18soci
In the metadata section for this item on IA website the Call Number field is filled with the bib record number (minus the check digit). I checked other records and found the same thing. (DW at NYBG)
**IA defines "call number" as the local number/Bib identifier which can be used to access the book when entering it into the catalog from which it came. It is the number/text used to "call" the book using Z39.50, not the "call number" in the library sense of the word. (DR at MBLWHOI)


TITLE Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte auf dem Gesamtgebiete der Agrikultur-Chemie.
IMPRINT Berlin : Julius Springer, 1866-1919.
CALL # With XJ .A36
VOLUME v.18-19 1875-1876
BARCODE 35185002627949
http://www.archive.org/stream/jahresberichtb18berl
IA has this item identified as volume 18-19, but the scanned content belongs to volume 11-12. Volume 11-12 is not listed with IA. Did not complete check of each volume to confirm contents correspond with title record id in IA. (DW at NYBG)
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FROM Ernst Mayr Library (Nov 20, 2008)
Check out: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33366

The BHL view are fine but if you use the zoom, the pages that are viewed sometimes are part of the volume, but do not match the BHL page, and sometimes they are mistakes. Look at pages 25-30 as examples.