Starting a Digitization Center (Chandos Series for Information Professionals)

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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