The Stockton family ran a number of sessions at ThatCamp Philadelphia, including Deb Gussman’s session on small scale publications and digital editions.
- Gussman is doing a digital edition of the works of Catharine Maria Sedgwick.
- Deb’s steps of a digital project: Strategy and Approach, Scope, Content, Design, Development, Testing, Support.
- Collaboration is very important. Need to find others who have skills you don’t have.
- There are no guarantees that apps, websites, etc will work in a year.
- I suggested the use of emulators ala what is done in modern times with classic interactive fiction.
- Deciding on what app/website/cms to use can often come from other colleagues/friends.
- I brought up the work of Cory Doctorow and how, by releasing his work under a Creative Commons license, readers can create versions of his works for different platforms.
- It is helpful to be familiar with remix culture in general.
- A great idea from John Theibault: in grant applications, include money for development of emulators for later editions when platforms become obsolete.
- Creative Commons licensing allows others to care more about the preservation of your work than you do.
- A lot of Gussman’s work with Sedgwick is coming from Google Books.
- Theibault’s students digitized Philadelphia’s directories.
- Back in 2003, I worked on the digitization of the American Weekly Mercury in one of Tom Kinsella’s classes.
Deb leading the discussion.
Adeline Koh, John Thebault, and Rebecca Goldman listen to the discussion.