Creating Digital Collections
A Practical Guide
- 1st Edition - September 30, 2008
- Latest edition
- Authors: Allison Zhang, Don Gourley
- Language: English
Libraries recognize the importance of digitizing archival material to improve access to and preservation of their special collections. This book provides a step-by-step guide for… Read more
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Description
Description
Libraries recognize the importance of digitizing archival material to improve access to and preservation of their special collections. This book provides a step-by-step guide for creating digital collections, including examples and practical tips that have never been published before.
Key features
Key features
- Illustrates concepts with an on-going case study at the end of each chapter
- Provides detailed technical information and practical experience Discusses practitioners’ insight in digitization
- Can be used as a guide for creating digital collections
Readership
Readership
Librarians, archivists, and museum/special collection curators; Digital library developers and managers; Students of Library and Information Science
Table of contents
Table of contents
Planning and managing digitisation projects; Selecting material for digitisation; Metadata strategy; Digitising material; Creating metadata; Designing a user interface for digital collections; The complete digitisation process and workflow management; Digital collections management system; Selecting software and hardware for digital collections management systems; Documentation; The knowledge and skills required for creating digital collections; Conclusion.
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 23, 2014
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Allison Zhang
Allison Zhang is Manager, Digital Collections Production Center, Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC).
Affiliations and expertise
Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC), USADG
Don Gourley
Don Gourley is based at the Digital Humanities Observatory, Ireland.
Affiliations and expertise
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