Digitizing Collections: Strategic Issues for the Information Manager

ISBN-13: 9781856044660 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 328 str.

Lorna Hughes

Opis

How can I develop a strategy for digitizing our materials? When is the right time? What technology is appropriate? This invaluable handbook discusses all the strategic and practical issues libraries consider when making the decision to digitize collections. It covers the digitization process step-by-step and outlines the different techniques available to deal with a wide range of library resources, including rare and older materials. Key areas covered include: what to digitize and how; costs and benefits; management; collaboration; digitization of printed documents; imaging approaches; full-text conversion approaches; rare, unique, and older materials; photographic images; sustainable delivery and much more.

Spis treści

PART 1: STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING 1. Why digitize? The costs and benefits of digitization 2. Selecting materials for digitization 3. Intellectual property, copyright, and other legal issues 4. Project management and the institutional framework 5. The importance of collaboration PART 2: DIGITIZING COLLECTIONS 6. Project planning and funding 7. Managing a digitization project 8. Digitization of rare and fragile materials 9. Digitization of audio and moving image collections 10. Digitization of text and images.

O autorze

Laura Hughes