Internal:Library Lab/Requirements

Some of these requirements are more necessary than others...

We will need a few computers, though some of the devices like scanners could also be connected to laptops that people bring in perhaps.


 * Live CDs

We might be able to create Ubuntu Live-CDs with the required software for the various modules. This would make it easy to bring in a handful of computers for a workshop and get them up and running quickly. A live CD would also be a useful component of the modules themselves, making them easily replicable elsewhere.

Audio-video module

 * project leaders:
 * Rachel
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 * project members:
 * Patrick Timony - accessibility - Adaptive Services has scanners and some tools for creating accessible formats. We also can help with captioning videos.
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 * computer or laptop
 * best if people can bring in own laptops or library has computers, but otherwise a portable but higher performance laptop like ($559) would be useful. Or if we want the module to not be ultra portable, then a desktop machine would work.
 * external hard drive
 * portable external hard drive ($111) - for copying non-copyrighted videos, audio, ...
 * video camera for capturing stories
 * portable audio recorder, also for recording stories
 * video capture hardware
 * I have one of these hardware devices and an older version of the Pinnacle Studio software that I'd be happy to donate. Aude 13:40, 28 September 2011 (EDT)
 * blank CDs, DVDs and or flash drives...
 * software (open source)
 * Roxio (for old home movies on VHS) http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/easy-vhs-to-dvd/mac/overview.html?rTrack=b_easyvhsmac $80 (is there an open source equivalent that's just as good/easy-to-use?)
 * Roxio (audio cassettes to digital) http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/easy-lp-to-mp3/standard/overview.html $70 (any open source equivalent?)
 * Note: demonstrating a process using Roxio or other non-free software that is easy is okay, though we should also document a process using open source, free software (on windows and/or ubuntu?).
 * capture methods for ubuntu
 * audacity (audio editing)
 * see also:
 * Comparison of video editing software
 * Video editors

Photo scanning module

 * project leaders:
 * add your name ...
 * project members:
 * Patrick Timony - accessibility - Adaptive Services has scanners and some tools for creating accessible formats. We can also help with labeling digital images.
 * add your name...
 * computer
 * best if people can bring in own laptops or library has computers, but otherwise a portable but higher performance laptop like ($559) would be useful. Or if we want the module to not be ultra portable, then a desktop machine would work.
 * external hard drive
 * portable external hard drive ($111)
 * scanner
 * flatbed scanner, portable if possible yet high quality
 * e.g. Canoscan LiDe 100 http://www.amazon.com/Canon-LiDE100-Color-Scanner-2923B002/dp/B001DJDGXA $100 (fits in laptop case)
 * adaptive services or other parts of the library already have flatbed scanners that probably would work just fine.
 * DIY photo scanner
 * http://gazette.jhu.edu/2011/09/19/digitizing-a-visual-history-of-baltimore/
 * http://projectgado.org/ - ~ $500
 * software
 * gimp (image editing)

Book scanning module
Note: We'd probably not focus on this, at least not in the short-term, given the volunteer capacity.


 * project leaders:
 * add your name ...
 * project members:
 * Patrick Timony - accessibility - Adaptive Services has scanners and some tools for creating accessible formats.
 * add your name...
 * computer
 * best if people can bring in own laptops or library has computers, but otherwise a portable but higher performance laptop like ($559) would be useful. Or if we want the module to not be ultra portable, then a desktop machine would work.
 * external hard drive
 * portable external hard drive ($111)
 * book scanner
 * http://www.diybookscanner.org/

Mapping module
We'd seek funding from OSM-related source for this:


 * project leaders:
 * add your name ...
 * project members:
 * add your name...
 * computer
 * best if people can bring in own laptops or library has computers, but otherwise a portable but higher performance laptop like ($559) would be useful. Or if we want the module to not be ultra portable, then a desktop machine would work.
 * printer - for walking papers / maps
 * gps device - nice to have

Other modules?

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Other

 * a mini / portable projector for presentations, meetups, hackathons and other events in the space