Janus Challenge #1: RECON
This challenge was initially framed in terms of a collective effort to comprehensively digitize print publications through an aggressive and coordinated redeployment of local materials budgets. Large-scale digitizing initiatives by Google, the Open Content Alliance, the European Union, and other groups have since arisen or further developed. Some previously […]
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 16:13:30 -0500
From: “Shreeves, Edward”
Whither Recon?
Not much has moved forward with the Recon challenge since the annual
conference and the work done at the end of 2005 immediately following
the Janus Conference. Finding a mutually convenient time for a
conference call seems futile, so Dan and I would like to get some
discussion going […]
Challenge 1 RECON: Action Report
Edward Shreeves (Iowa)
The Recon group suggests hosting a meeting(s) in the near future to bring together the appropriate people and entities of expertise (ARL, LC, CRL, CLIR, CFL, etc) to:
1. look at the concept to see if it is still viable and practical;
2. look at an actual structure for managing a […]
Group 1 Recon – Breakout Session Notes
1/21/06
Ed Shreeves (U Iowa), Dennis Dillon (U Texas), Nancy Davenport (CLIR), Melinda Baumann (U VA), Jeanne Richardson (Arizona State U), Mark Sandler (U Michigan), Laurie Kaplan (CSA)
• The discussion started with Dennis noting that Texas is trying to decide whether to gear up their digitization project, or to shut […]
RECON (Converting the scholarly record).
Collection development and other interested librarians from academic and research libraries will create a working group to develop and begin implementing a plan for a national mass digitization project to convert holdings in North American research libraries.
The rationale for this effort is elaborated in the statement […]
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