Monthly Archives: July 2012

Low-cost overhead capture system

Posted on July 23, 2012 by jlderidder | Posted in: Digitization | Tagged , | Leave a comment

A couple of years ago, we did an in-house analysis of scanning speeds versus costs, and determined that overhead capture systems provided the most captures per dollar spent. Since all the vendors speak very highly of their capture systems, we … Continue reading →

Low-cost digitization of manuscript materials

Posted on July 12, 2012 by jlderidder | Posted in: Delivery methodology, employment | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Just published! DeRidder, Jody L.; Presnell, Amanda Axley; and Walker, Kevin W. “Leveraging Encoded Archival Descriptions for Access to Digital Content: A Cost and Usability Analysis,” in American Archivist (Spring/Summer 2012), Vol. 75, Iss. 1. Back in 2010, we were … Continue reading →

Position open: Digitization Outreach Coordinator

Posted on July 10, 2012 by jlderidder | Posted in: employment | Tagged | Leave a comment

We regret that Amanda Presnell is leaving us to follow her husband to Ohio. She leaves behind her a huge gap, as we’ve become heavily dependent upon her. Can you fill her shoes? The Digitization Outreach Coordinator will research potential … Continue reading →

Newly Online: S.D. Cameron and Maxwell A. Cameron Papers

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Amanda Presnell | Posted in: Civil War, Cool collections | Leave a comment

Recently added to Acumen is the S.D. Cameron and Maxwell A. Cameron Papers, primarily containing letters, of two Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, brothers during the Civil War. Samuel D. Cameron was a member of the 2nd Alabama Cavalry and Maxwell A. … Continue reading →