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Free software tools for archivists

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign UIUC archivists have developed a free software kit named Archon to help other librarians to manage their collections. This software has been designed for archivists with limited access to technological resources. It's free and you can download it to manage your own music or book...

Tags: Software, Archivist, University Of Illinois, Collection, Tool, UIUC, Archon Project, Tools & Techniques, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-24

Digital archivists look to porn, Flash for tips

Digital archivists look to porn, Flash for tipsDigital archivists look to porn, Flash for tips[i]"I guarantee that a wealth of pornography from the late 20th century will survive in digital distributed form because it's a social model that's working extremely well,"[/i]I can only hope!ironically, this is something I can agree...

Tags: archivist

Discussion threads 2007-01-19

TOKI Shot (exe)

TOKI Shot is a tool for creating shot list it can be used for breaking down movies, TV films, documentaries, TV series. It is a tool for picture and sound editors, music editors, musicians and archivists. It allows the user to: create an automatic shot list starting from a cut...

Tags: MIDI, word-processor, software, movie, TV, database

Software downloads 2006-05-16

Additional Resources

CAD vs. programming...what should we teach?

CAD vs. programming...what should we teach?How is the curriculum ...... the responsibility of the IT director? Shouldn't you stick to supporting what the educators determine is the appropriate curriculum.RE: CAD vs. programming...what should we teach?A bug in a drawing is going to be more obvious than a bug in...

Tags: Development tools, CAD, programming

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Web Spam: A Survey With Vision for the Archivist

While Web archive quality is endangered by Web spam, a side effect of the high commercial value of top-ranked search-engine results, so far Web spam filtering technologies are rarely used by Web archivists. This paper makes the first attempt to disseminate existing methodology and envision a solution for Web archives...

Tags: Web, Spam Filtering, Vision, Survey, MTA SZTAKI, Channel Management, Spam, Cyberthreats, Marketing, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2008-08-15

Email preservation standards extremely lax, GAO finds

It just keeps looking like the Bush Administration is intentionally keeping shoddy records to avoid public accountability. After all of the missing White House and RNC emails, including a dearth of messages sent by and to Karl Rove, the Government Accountability Office reports that federal agencies and officials consistently fail...

Tags: Agency, General Accounting Office, Standards, House, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-10

Lobster 2.0 (Mac)

Lobster is not strictly a plugin but a Photoshop tool that creates four new layers from your file: Luminosity a very specific type of tonality or brightness and Red, Green & Blue Chromaticity layers containing Hue and Saturation in each layer. These separate layers offer you unprecedented control and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Tool, Lobster, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-06-23

Kinship Archivist 3.1.o (Windows)

Display your family tree on the Internet with Kinship Archivist. Any relative who knows your special password can add photos dynamically to your Web pages using only their Web browser Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Simply enter all your genealogical information in to the program and it will convert the...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Web Page, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-02-28

White House official details email hole

The White House was running a "primitive" email archiving system with a high risk of losing data, a computer expert who worked on the system told the House Oversight Committee. In a memo to committee members PDF, Congressional staffers detailed a mind-boggling scenario that smacks of willful violation of...

Tags: White House, E-mail Archiving, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-27

White House, Congress squabble over missing emails

A 2005 White House survey found that no email had been archived on 473 days for such offices as the Executive Office of the President and the Vice President's office, according to a summary of the report released by Rep. Harvey Waxman (D-CA). Waxman said he released the results of...

Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Harvey Waxman, CREW, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-20

A question of hard drive capacity

A question of hard drive capacityHow much house is enough?This question of hard drive space is the classic question of storage and asset preservation narrowed down to digital life. How many filing cabinets do you need? How big a cellar? How much attic space? Like all...

Tags: Consumer electronics, family room, storage, DVD, disk, hard drive, photograph, hard drive capacity, CD

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

Systemax Venture VX2

The Systemax Venture VX2 isn't a gaming PC to inspire envy among your fellow fraggers. It won't net you the fastest frame rates on your block, and its plain-Jane looks cannot be classified as "head turning" or "conversation starting." But what this affordably priced, fixed-configuration, $1,999 gaming system provides is...

Tags: Games, PCI, Desktops, Systemax, Venture VX2, card, ATI CrossFire

Product reviews 2007-01-18

Lobster 1.5 (Windows)

Lobster is not a plugin but a Photoshop droplet that creates four new layers from your file: Luminosity a very specific type of tonality and Red, Green & Blue Chromaticity Hue and Saturation. These separate layers offer you unprecedented control and power over your RGB files. Lobster makes many...

Tags: Lobster, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-05-13

RIAA and DMCA madness

RIAA and DMCA madnessSuzi, we have become like the dog...Sadly, each time our fair use/first sale rights have been whittled away, the majority of the population(read: non-techies) is totally unfazed, until it reaches a point where it's blatantly obvious, but too late to reverse the damage easily.If the IPPA was...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, blog, RIAA, IPPA, DMCA, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-04-24

Ultra-Mobile PC (aka Origami) now official

Ultra-Mobile PC aka Origami now officialAmen, Brotha!I really don't know what is wrong with Engadget either. UMPC's are obviously going to be a big deal. Maybe not until 3 or 4 generation, hell, even Apple has a fifth gen iPod now, which many people day is the first killer...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating systems, Handhelds, Notebooks, Desktops, Touchpad, text messaging, ultramobile PC, Pocket PC, Origami, laptop computer, Oragami, keyboard, PC

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

Intel shows Origami-like device

Intel shows Origami-like deviceYou Euros......just can't get away from the whole "totalitarian uber-government" thing, can you?Only the hardware...that may be proprietarily tied to MS Windows would need to be documented, I think. The rest should be easy pickings ;)But I doubt it will be too difficult to make an Origami...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, Operating systems, UNIX, Origami, Intel Corp., Linux, OQO

Discussion threads 2006-03-07

Archive the year

One great thing about the Mac is the excellent iLife suite of applications. iTunes is a top top notch music player, ripper and online store. iPhoto is an excellent vault for the thousands of digital photos that I shoot each year. The problem is that both music and photos can...

Tags: music, hard drive, photograph

Blog posts 2005-12-26

Politics and the perversion of standards

Politics and the perversion of standardsThe testimony was amazing to listen toI think a key part of what Sen. Pacheco says is, "Here we are in October of 2005 [i]and there are still these concerns out there and still misunderstandings about what it is you're doing.[/i] And I go back...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Pacheco, OpenDocument Format, tire

Discussion threads 2005-11-07

Court nixes lawsuit fighting copyright law

Court nixes lawsuit fighting copyright lawWhen will they ever learn...If it's not yours, keep our hands off. How hard is that to understand? If you want to change the law, talk to Congress, courts don't make the laws.The interesting issue: when should copyright lapse?The main point of...

Tags: patent, U.S. Congress, copyright law

Discussion threads 2004-11-24

Article Archivist 1.0 (Windows)

If you have a hobby or special interest, you no doubt have a collection of magazines to go with it. With Article Archivist you can save those articles that you thought were helpful or interesting. As an example: if you enjoy cooking and you have a cooking magazine subscription you...

Tags: Magazine, DigitalFriedChicken, Article Archivist, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2002-05-28