Digital Conversion Unit / Digital Reformatting

• Digital Conversion Production Manager: Larry Wentzel
  • Brian Elkins, Digital Reformatting
  • William Hall, OCR Operator (Optical Character Recognition)
  • Chava Israel, Digital Reformatting
  • Keith Larsen, Digital Reformatting
  • Randal Stegmeyer, Media Digital Photographer (Continuous tone image scanning)
  • Lara Unger, Digital Reformatting Supervisor
  • Rebecca Welzenbach, Digital Reformatting

Encoded Text / Text Creation Partnership (TCP) Production (TCP)

• Paul Schaffner, Coordinator, Encoded Text/TCP Production (Text encoding projects)
  • Olivia Bottum, Text and Markup Editor
  • Jason Colman, Text and Markup Editor
  • Alexis Jakobson, Text and Markup Editor
  • John Latta, Text and Markup Editor and Selector
  • Mona Logarbo, Text and Markup Editor

Information Retrieval

• José Blanco, Institutional Repository Programmer
• Tom Burton-West, Information Retrieval Programmer
• Suzanne Chapman, User Testing and Interface Specialist
• Phillip Farber, Information Retrieval Programmer
• Kat Hagedorn, Metadata Harvesting/OAIster Librarian (OAIster)
• Christina Powell, Coordinator, Encoded Text Services and Humanities Text Initiative
• Josh Santelli, OAI Programmer
• John Weise, Coordinator, Image Services

History and Mission

The Digital Library Production Service (DLPS) is part of the University Library's Library Information Technology division. DLPS has three main functions:

• Digitize library collections: The Digital Conversion Unit within DLPS has staff knowledgeable in the use of flat-bed, overhead and other specialized scanners and photography equipment for digitization.
• Host online collections: The Information Retrieval unit is responsible for providing access to digitized books and journals, museum images, archival finding aids, bibliographies and catalogs. DLPS staff develop digital library software called DLXS.
• Provide leadership in digital library development: Through memberships in national and international organizations, such as the Digital Library Federation, the Text Encoding Initiative, and a number of committees, task forces, and working groups, DLPS represents the University of Michigan in the creation of best practices, standards, and cutting-edge research in digital libraries. We provide advice and expertise throughout the University on digital library issues. As part of the Library Information Technology, DLPS is part of initiatives such as the partnership with Google that are changing the nature of libraries and scholarship.

DLPS is funded by the University Library. In addition, DLPS receives funding from grants, and from partnerships with other universities, commercial publishers, and non-profit organizations.

DLPS grew out of the Digital Library Program at the University of Michigan. The unit was formed in 1996 in response to a felt need for production level (twenty four hour a day, seven days a week) support for digital library resources. DLPS was originally jointly funded by the University Library, the Information Technology Division, the Media Union, and the School of Information.

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