Samvera Newspapers Interest Group Call: 2018-08-02

Time: 1 PM EST/ 12PM CST/ 11AM MST/ 10AM PST

Call-In Info: 712-775-7035 (Access Code: 960009)

Moderator: Eben English (Boston Public Library)

Notetaker: Brian McBride

Attendees

IMLS Grant Project Update
1. PDF Ingest update
2. General development update (https://github.com/marriott-library/newspaper_works)
3. Newspapers vagrant box for community testing (https://github.com/marriott-library/samvera-vagrant)
Derivative Storage Discussion - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/samvera-tech/XtkPEzrWnho
1. Hyrax Method - default is to store all derivatives on file system
  1. HyraxDerivatives - possible to store on both file system and repo? (need to verify)
2. Newspaper Use Cases
  1. Derivative Files Storage (pdf, jp2)
    1. Issues
      1. Each Newspaper issue is expected to have multiple objects (pdf, pj2, tiff, mets-alto xml, ocr text)
      2. Derivatives will be large 2mb+ each
      3. Performance concerns with Fedora
      4. Derivative generation is expensive (time and cpu, image and ocr generation)
    2. Possible models
      1. Store objects on file system
      2. Store objects in repository (Fedora)
      3. Store objects on file system and repository
      4. Other?
OCR conversion (https://github.com/marriott-library/newspaper_works/wiki/OCR-Notes)
Content Examples
1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwKKtxaBVqjEbE5zMFdWUEU4WGM?usp=sharing
  1. Still need: CONTENTdm, TEI, Olive
Intel sharing from other groups/projects
Next meeting: Thursday September 6, 1 PM EST/ 12PM CST/ 11AM MST/ 10AM PST