Synopses & Reviews
Provides a complete overview of the digitisation process and how to set up a digitisation center. Covers the following issues: - Essential steps and standards - Acquiring the essentials needed for imaging/digitising, including equipment, software, hardware, personnel and housing - Finding partners/collaborators (a key issue for smaller institutions) - Locating training and online resources - Obtaining funding; setting up guidelines, formats, websites and putting collections online Key Features (1) Stresses the importance of collaboration, tips for finding partners (2) Serves as a practical handbook (3) Focuses on creating a good digitisation center/project with extremely limited funds and/or low budget (4) Also appeals to beginners and smaller institutions The Authors Cokie Anderson is an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University; David C. Maxwell is the Coordinator at Oklahoma State University Library Electronic Publishing Center. Contents Getting started - housing; personnel; training Hardware and software - hardware (pricing and what to look for when buying hardware); software (pricing and what to look for when buying software); personnel; training The digitisation process - graphic flowchart of the digitisation process; selection of materials; preservation/conservation of originals; standards; information architecture; scanning/re-keying; image manipulation; conversion to electronic text; XML markup; metadata; databases; website design; putting files online; preservation planning Collaboration - why collaborate; finding partnerships; guidelines and tips for working with others Obtaining funding - estimating costs; grants; underwriters; cost recovery; sharing expenses Putting collections online - website design; usability and navigation; accessibility guidelines; audience, purpose and context; publicizing your site; keeping statistics Preservation - planning for the future Resources Glossary
Synopsis
Starting a Digitization Center provides a complete overview of the digitization process and how to set up a digitization center, from the earliest stages of development to putting collections online. It covers: Essential steps and standards, Acquiring the essentials needed for imaging/digitizing, Finding partners/collaborators, Locating training and online resources, Obtaining funding, Setting up guidelines, formats and websites, and Putting collections online.
About the Author
Cokie Anderson is Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, and directs the University Librarys Electronic Publishing Center. David C. Maxwell is Coordinator at Oklahoma State University Library Electronic Publishing Center, Stillwater.
Table of Contents
Introduction Getting started Hardware Software The digitization process Collaboration: ways of working together Funding Putting collections online Preservation planning