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
  • add your name ...
• project members:
  • Patrick Timony - accessibility - Adaptive Services has scanners and some tools for creating accessible formats. We also can help with captioning videos.
  • add your name...
• computer or laptop
• external hard drive
• 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?)
• blank CDs, DVDs and or flash drives...
• software (open source)
  • audacity (audio editing)

Photo scanning module

• project leaders:
  • add your name ...
• project members:
  • add your name...
• Patrick Timony - accessibility - Adaptive Services has scanners and some tools for creating accessible formats. We can also help with labeling digital images.
• computer
• external hard drive
• 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/
• software
  • gimp (image editing)

Book scanning module

• 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
• external hard drive
• book scanner
  • http://www.diybookscanner.org/

Mapping module

• project leaders:
  • add your name ...
• project members:
  • add your name...
• computer
• printer - for walking papers / maps
• gps device - nice to have

Other modules?

• add here

Other

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