Welcome to the Digital Information Forum
Within this Forum we plan to provide you the guidance you need as your create, store and provide access to your own unique collections.
First, before you even apply for any grants, you should create a plan or road map, which clearly defines your goals for the project. A digitization project is more than just scanning, though you will need to learn a little about scanning in order to set standards for your scanning work , even if you outsource your scanning effort. If you outsource the work, you will need to develop specifications for the scanning contract. A digitization project also contains a metadata component where you associate text information (metadata) with your visual information (image file). This component, both the collecting and entering of the data, often requires much larger effort and time than scanning. Before you begin creating your digital collection, you must also determine what are your rights for publishing or distributing this information. The final piece is storing and preserving these precious assets.
There are many reasons for creating a digital rendition of your historical or unique material. The foremost of these is to provide access to a greater population than can come to your facility. Also, it can allow access to the material without having to handle the physical object directly and thus aid in preserving it. Whatever your reason for undertaking this effort, we wish to provide you with some resources and guidelines to aid in your decision making process.
Creating a Digital Plan
Imaging Standards Explained
Planning a Digitization Project
Copyright discussions
Sample Forms and Requests
Scanner Recommendations
Promotion of a Digital Program
Examples of Scanning Stations
Digital Imaging Specifications Simplified
File Storage
Glossary of Terms
Resources
Other Digital News
Digitization of Newspapers
Digital Commentary
Digitizing in a Material World -- A Digitization Symposium
Follow up Symposium -- January 2009
Digital Visual Information Management (dVIM)
Lessons in Digitization Project Management
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