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Digital library and discovery services

Digital Production

The unit provides expert scanning of photographs, manuscripts, text-based materials, and rare artifacts, using the latest hardware and software applications. Services include bitonal, grayscale, and color scanning (with special procedures for scanning fragile documents); digital photography (including color balancing); document structuring of image files, and optical character recognition (OCR).   For more information about DCAPS Imaging Lab, please visit our site.

Danielle Mericle
Production Coordinator, Digital Production
Digital Library and Information Technologies
Cornell University Library
107 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 USA
Email: dkm26
Tel. 1-607-255-2308
Fax 1-607-254-5419

Mira Basara, Public Services Assistant (255-5177) (mb327)
Rhea Garen, Photo Specialist (255-5177) (rg27)
Bronwyn Mohlke, Public Services Assistant (255-9400) (bjm9)

Web Development and Management

The group provides a range of web design, development, and maintenance services services to facilitate the development of the Librarys digital collections and services. Included among the responsibilities is the application management for DSpace, Luna Insight, DLXS, and CommonSpot.  The group also provides preservation management services.

George Kozak
Coordinator, Web Development
Digital Library and Information Technologies
Cornell University Library
501 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 USA
Email: gsk5
Tel. 1-607-255-8924
Fax 1-607-254-5419

Matthew Arnstein, Programmer/Analyst Specialist (255-5614) (maa21)
Gale Halpern, Image Database Design Specialist (255-6663) (geh12)
Bill Kehoe, Programmer/Analyst Specialist (254-8220) (wrk1)
Melissa Kuo, Web Development Specialist (255-5724) (mhk33)
Fiona Patrick, Services Coordinator (255-1830) (fcp2)
Jim Reidy, Programmer/Analyst Specialist (255-0380) (jgr25)
Adam Smith, Programmer/Analyst Specialist (255-5626) (ajs17)

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Cornell University Library Digital Collections

 

Service Design

The unit provides support for information discovery services designed to meet the needs of the Cornell community, including the library catalog and Find it! services, the OpenURL link resolver, batch metadata processing, and remote proxy authentication. We approach problems from a “user centered design” perspective, using methods such as paper prototyping, usability testing, and transaction log analysis to develop and refine our products.

Adam Chandler
Coordinator, Service Design Group
Digital Library and Information Technologies
Cornell University Library
501 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 USA
Email: alc28
Tel. 1-607-255-5760
Fax 1-607-255-6110

Matt Connolly, Programmer/Analyst Specialist (255-0653) (mjc12)
Peter Hoyt, Programmer/Analyst Specialist (255-3068) (ph44)


Systems Architecture

The group provides systems administration, database administration and application support for a wide range of Library services. Primary systems include the Library’s Oracle-based library management system (Voyager), the Library Archival System (LAS) used to manage the inventory at the Library’s remote storage facility, the electronic resources management (ERM) system, the Luna Insight visual resource management system, Library web pages, and several MySQL databases. The group creates a wide variety of management and statistical reports and provides them to Library staff to streamline workflows, facilitate decision-making, and support Library-wide initiatives. We also provide purchasing and networking recommendations for new servers and projects.

Surinder Ghangas
Consulting Database Administrator
Digital Library and Information Technologies
Cornell University Library
501 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 USA
Email: sg14
Tel. 1-607-255-9897
Fax 1-607-254-5419

Lydia Pettis, Programmer/Analyst (255-9477) (lp14)
Rick Silterra, Programmer/Analyst (255-6851) (es287)

 

 

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