SIL BHL Task Force July 20, 2007

SIL BHL Task Force Meeting July 20, 2007 SIL Conference Room

1. Introductions
2. General BHL Update
   1. Funding news
   2. SIL/Internet Archive Scanning Operation
      1. Status of SIL Scribe workstation
      2. Regional Scanning Center update
   3. Other BHL/OCA member scanning updates:
      1. London (1 Scribe: chugging along)
      2. Boston (1 Scribe: 200 volumes from MBL)
      3. UIUC (2 Scribes: 25 volumes of Fieldiana; numerous other BHL titles)
      4. NYPL (8 machines; 1 shift; working on non-MSN schedule; NYBG doing a picklist)
   4. Discussions with:
      1. Library of Congress
      2. Bowker
3. BHL Meeting: St. Louis, September 12-13, 2007
4. Other Meetings
   1. TDWG, September 2007, Bratislava, Slovakia
   2. Open Content Alliance meeting planned for October 2007, San Francisco
5. Workflow planning for Scribe ramp-up
   1. Planning group report
      1. Procedures for workflow
      2. Physical marking of scanned material
      3. Timeline for first pick list to run and be reviewed
      4. Comparison of SIL workflow with that of California Digital Library, UIUC
   2. NH collection space planning
6. Post-BHL planning
   1. New SILRA storage
   2. Binding issues
   3. Some interesting readings:
      1. If Libraries Had Shareholders
      2. Lost Cathedrals: Libraries and Steel
7. Other thoughts, comments, etc. for the good of the order?

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