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Peter E. Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally

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  • Planning a digital preservation assessment using TRAC:CC and DRAMBORA

    OhioLINK is engaged in building a "trusted digital repository" on behalf of its membership. As we build it, we want to have an understanding of what "trusted" means, and so we are engaging in an audit process to assess whether we can claim to be trustworthy. This process is panning …

     Posted on  May 23, 2007
     and last updated May 23, 2007
     ·  6 minutes reading time
  • NDIIP Update: Requests for Funding and Other Activities

    Activity still continues on the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIP). There were two stories in Washington DC newspapers in recent weeks. The more interesting of the two came from the May 16th Washington Post in a column by Jim Barksdale and Francine Berman called Saving our Digital …

     Posted on  May 17, 2007
     and last updated May 17, 2007
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Truly Lossless JPEG2000 Compression

    This posting used to have the tag "-- Except for Grayscale?" appended to the end of the title. That is no longer needed; see the bottom of the post for an explanation. We have been implementing University of Michigan's DLXS software, and DLXS uses JPEG2000 for its image masters. We have …

     Posted on  May 03, 2007
     and last updated May 03, 2007
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • Following Up on Adobe Photoshop and JPEG2000

    The discussion has died down on Jack Nack's blog posting about the future of JPEG2000 support in Photoshop. Since I last updated my own commentary on the issue, there have been a few more comments, including one by Erich Kesse from the University of Florida. Jack has added a few …

     Posted on  April 25, 2007
     and last updated April 25, 2007
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Questioning the Future of JPEG2000 Support in Photoshop

    John Nack, Senior Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop, posted a query recently to his blog seeking customer reactions to the possibility of removing JPEG2000 support from Photoshop:

    Adobe developed the plug-in in anticipation of cameras entering the market with native JPEG 2000 support on board. The thing is, that hasn't …

     Posted on  April 05, 2007
     and last updated April 05, 2007
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • NDIIP Funding Statement by the Librarian of Congress

    Early last month I mentioned what was happening to NDIIP funds with the impending passage of what became Public Law 110-5 [PDF] and posted a copy of a letter I sent to my senators urging them to reconsider the funding rescission. Of course, I wasn't the only one who asked …

     Posted on  March 28, 2007
     and last updated March 28, 2007
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Survey on Digital Preservation Systems is Seeking Respondents

    There are just a few days left to respond to the "International Digital Preservation Systems Survey" being run by Karim Boughida and Sally Hubbard from the Getty Research Institute. From the survey description:

    This survey is intended to provide an overview of digital preservation system (DPS) implementation. DPS is defined …

     Posted on  March 28, 2007
     and last updated March 28, 2007
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • JPEG2000 for Digital Preservation

    Last month was an interesting month for discussion and news of JPEG2000 as an archival format. First, there was a series of posts on the IMAGELIB about the rational for using JPEG2000 for master files. It started with a posting by Tom Blake of Boston Public Library asking these questions …

     Posted on  February 26, 2007
     and last updated February 26, 2007
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • To: Ohio's Senators; Re: Proposed cuts to the NDIIPP

    Postal address omitted from online version
    Februrary 11, 2007

    The Honorable George V. Voinovich
    524 Hart Senate Office Building
    United States Senate
    Washington, DC 20510

    Dear Senator:

    I am writing to you in regards to House Joint Resolution 20, the Continuing Appropriations resolution FY2007, and in particular section 20703(D …

     Posted on  February 11, 2007
     and last updated February 12, 2007
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • U.S. House Votes to Rescind NDIIPP Funding; Bill Now Under Consideration by Senate

    In a federal fiscal year that began without nine of the 11 appropriations bills passed, there is legislation pending in the Senate that would ax funding for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program for the remainder of the fiscal year. Given the current political tone in Washington, one …

     Posted on  February 11, 2007
     and last updated February 12, 2007
     ·  4 minutes reading time
  • What a NASA/Google Mashup Might Mean for Libraries

    Ron Murray (no relation) from the Library of Congress sent me this announcement about a joint NASA/Google partnership, which starts:

    NASA Ames Research Center and Google have signed a Space Act Agreement that formally establishes a relationship to work together on a variety of challenging technical problems ranging from …

     Posted on  December 19, 2006
     and last updated December 20, 2006
     ·  1 minutes reading time