Creating digital collections : a practical guide /

Zhang, Allison B.

Creating digital collections : a practical guide / Allison B. Zhang and Don Gourley. - Oxford : Chandos, 2008. - 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations - Chandos information professional series . - Chandos information professional series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Planning and managing digitisation projects -- Selecting material for digitisation -- Metadata strategy -- Digitising material -- Creating metadata -- Designing a user interface for digital collections -- The collection 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.

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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.


Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.


Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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9781780631387 1780631383


Archival materials--Digitization.

ZA4080.5 / .Z53 2008

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