[WEB4LIB] Does this exist?

[Shirl Kennedy]

I dunno if this is overkill, but check out Extensis Portfolio
(http://www.extensis.com/portfolio/).  It comes in several versions,
depending on your needs.  You can download trial versions at the site,
FWIW...

Shirl Kennedy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Karen G. Schneider
> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 3:50 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Does this exist?
>
>
> I have close to 100 photographs of library interiors that I would like to
> organize into a web-based resource for presentations to trustees, the
> public, etc.  All of these photographs are already in some digital form or
> another--either scanned, or in a proprietary format that can
> export to JPEG
> or PNG (or GIF), etc. They are also mine (photographed with
> permission from
> the libraries, too).
>
> Assuming that the pictures are first exported in whatever format is most
> reasonable, I would then like to use a tool to do the following:
>
> * Resize them to a standard size and resolution
> * Provide a little cataloging information for each item that would display
> on the web (e.g. "37.  Computer Lab, Petticoat Junction, NY, 1998")
> * Organize them into a web-based slide show in tolerable HTML
>
> We also don't want to commit any in-house resources to developing such a
> product--we want to buy a piece of software.
>
> Is this up there with my desire for a self-cleaning carpet, or does
> something like this actually exist?  I guess it wouldn't absolutely,
> positively have to be a web-based tool, but that would be highly
> desirable.
> (And it does keep it on-topic for WEB4LIB...)
>
> Karen G. Schneider kgs at bluehighways.com
> Assistant Director for Technology
> Shenendehowa Public Library, NY
> www.shenpublib.org
>