Olive Software now available

Olive Software brings state of the art digitization and archive solutions to MLNC members

MLNC member libraries are now able to take advantage of Olive’s digitization, archiving, and hosting services at a discounted rate. With Olive Software, libraries can now provide global online access to rare materials.

Olive Software is the leading provider of digital archiving solutions for the library and publishing industry with more then 250 publishers and 650 titles worldwide. Olive’s solutions enable libraries to preserve newspapers and periodicals in an open format, creating full text searchable digital archives. Long-term preservation needs and a growing number of patron requests for information have public and academic libraries taking a serious look at the accessibility of their resources, making the Olive-MLNC partnership a timely event.

We are excited to add Olive Software to our growing collection of electronic resources available to member libraries. Olive’s Software not only preserves content through digitization, but also enables instant access to the materials through a powerful web application.  

To learn more about Olive products and services, please visit http://www.mlnc.org/services/olive.html

Free CONTENTdm workshops from MLNC and the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative

Introduction to CONTENTdm for MDH Users
St. Louis - May 1, 2008
Independence - May 7, 2008
Columbia - May 8. 2008

Learn how to manage your digital collections using the CONTENTdm Acquisition Station, the digital collection management tool for the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative. This hands-on workshop will cover the complete workflow from importing and describing digital objects to uploading files to the server. Course participants will have an opportunity to add images to a temporary collection, create metadata, and view and search the collection on the Web. Topics will include:

– Start a new project
– Brand a project and set user permissions
– Import items singly and in batch
– Import metadata from a tab-delimited file
– Build a compound object (e.g. linked pages in a document or book)

This workshop is limited to past, current, or future LSTA Digital Imaging Grant recipients and to other institutions that wish to contribute digital collections to the Missouri Digital Heritage database. Your institution MUST sign the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) agreement with the Missouri State Library prior to attending a workshop. For more information about the AUP, contact Carl Wingo, MDH Project Manager, at 800-325-0131 ext. 9.

A limited number of stipends are available for hotel rooms for this workshop. Contact Keri Cascio (ext. 813) at the MLNC office for more information. You must register to attend, registration information is online at http://www.mlnc.org/workshops/vmcontentdm.html.

Metadata for digital project staff - Independence - 3/11/2008

Join us for a FREE digitization workshop at the Mid-Continent Public Library Distribution Center in the Kansas City area on March 11. “Metadata for Digital Project Staff” will be taught by Gayle Palmer of OCLC Western.Designed for non-catalogers, this full-day workshop focuses on using metadata to facilitate both access to and preservation of digital resources. Topics include: review of metadata schema choices, development of a preservation metadata model, and using XML to store metadata.This session is funded through the Missouri State Library as part of the Missouri Digitization Planning Project. You must register to attend. A limited number of stipends are available for hotel rooms for the workshop. Contact Keri Cascio (keri@mlnc.org, ext. 813) at the MLNC office for more information.

For more information about the workshop and to register, please visit http://www.mlnc.org/workshops/metadata.html. We hope to see you there!