This easy-to-follow guide to digitization fundamentals will ensure that readers gain a solid grasp of the knowledge and resources available for getting started on their own digital collection projects.
Equally valuable for LIS students just learning about the digital landscape, information professionals taking their first steps to create digital content, and organizations who already have well-established digital credentials, Purcell’s ...
The Drew Pearson's 'Washington Merry-Go-Round' Collection, from the American University Library Special Collections, contains the typescript copies of Pearson's syndicated 'Washington Merry-GoRound' column, published between 1932 and ...
... to understand the copyright of the material you are using, because much of your digital exhibit could end up being online. CONTENT A digital exhibit and collection is only as good 5 2 Getting Started with Digital Collections and Exhibits.
... digitize priceless national treasures or valuable scholarly materials, if done well, can bring prestige to the whole institution. Raising the profile of an organization by showcasing ... WHY DIGITIZE? THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF DIGITIZATION.
... collection. You can create packages of flyers and getting started guides. A prize might also be “win a free tech appointment.” These tech appointments can also be bundled with your other digital media prizes. If budget allows, you can ...
Many libraries across the country have found ways to create wonderful digital collections, and this book shows you how you can too.
This edited volume explores the challenges of digital donations with essays from archivists who have developed methods to provide access to a diverse range of digital materials found in government, private, and academic archives.
"This authoritative manual introduces readers to fundamental concepts and practices in a style accessible to beginners and LIS students as well as experienced practitioners with little formal metadata training"--
In February 2001, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) convened a meeting to discuss how museums and libraries...
The book identifies and elaborates upon a clear theme for the Library of Congress that is applicable more generally: the digital age calls for much more collaboration and cooperation than in the past.