This document, created by the US Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI), defines work activities relating to the digitization of cultural heritage materials and presents a generic sequence of high-level activities for planning and management purposes.The intention is to outline a generic sequence of high-level activities for planning and management purposes. In this document, a conceptual outline that accommodates most …
JISC Project Report: Digitisation Programme Digital Preservation Study
In 2009, DPC with University of London Computer Centre and Portico carried out an extensive analysis for the JISC Digitisation Programme, examining the projects funded through this programme and assessing their plans for access beyond the existence of their project grants. A scaled down version of the report with analysis is published here and a number of case studies have …
Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects (Web version)
Contents: Publication Information Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition 1. Background 2. Key Digital Principles 3. Metadata 4. Unique and Persistent Identifiers 5. Signal Extraction from Original Carriers 6. Preservation Target Formats and Systems 7. Small Scale Approaches to Digital Storage Systems 8. Optical Discs 9. Partnerships, Project Planning and Resources References. These extensive guidelines, subtitled …
Understanding the costs of digitisation
Contents: Executive summary List of contents Document history 1. Introduction 2. The foundations 3. Project management 4. Content capture 5. Metadata generation 6. Procurement 7. IPR 8. Service delivery A. Case studies in detail. This report provides advice, based on the experiences of completed digitisation projects, two of which involved audiovisual collections. Using “factor profiles”, it highlights areas which are …
Digitization Activities Project Planning and Management Outline
Contents: Introduction Assumptions General Policy Issues Approaches to Digitization Chart Digitization Technical Requirements Digitization Activities Digitization Activities Chart Detailed Outline Infrastructure Outline Infrastructure Issues Resources. This document defines work activities relating to the digitization (the creation of digital objects from physical originals) of original cultural materials and presents in outline form, a generic sequence of high-level activities for planning and …
D7.1.3 Audiovisual Digital Preservation Status Report
Contents: Scope Executive Summary 1. A very brief introduction to PrestoPRIME 2. Digitisation 3. Digital Management and Preservation 4. Access Conclusions Glossary Annex I – DPE briefing paper. This report presents an overview of the problems, the technology and the projects currently underway in the audiovisual preservation domain as of January 2010. Beginning with a look at digitisation and its …