Digitization Resources
Introduction to Workflows Videos
1. Watch the videos online:
or
2. Download these movies to your computer:
Digitization Workflows
"Digitisation Workflow and Guidelines" for the CHARTER Project, University of Exeter. (PDF document)
Includes topics on metadata, digitization requirements and standards, and distribution.
Metadata and Describing Content
Introduction to Dublin Core - a slideshow presentation on Dublin Core basics. By Richard Wisneski, Virginia Dressler. Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University.
Metadata: Data With a Purpose- A primer explaining metadata and its importance to document-like data. By Karen Coyle.
Copyright
Library Digitization Projects and Copyright - Summary of institution's options for permissions and copyright. Pertains mostly to USA based organizations.
Copyright Policies for Collection Managers - Concise breakdown of how to obtain permissions, a check list for fair use, and a list of dates for public domain content.
Digital Content Management
Managing Digital Assets: A Primer for Library and Information Technology Administrators
Software for resource management: dspace, ResourceSpace,Razuna
Digitization Technology
Automatic scanners - Kirtas Technologies, Kirtas
Beseler Photographic Equipment - copy stands for photographing materials.
Flatbed scanners. The following manufacturers make scanners of varying speeds and sizes: Canon, Epson, Fujitsu, and HP.
Digital cameras: almost any digital camera will do as long as the resolution is high (greater than 10MP is generally enough) and the camera is mounted properly.
Post Processing Images
Paid tools: Corel Paintshop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator, Apple iLife
OCR
Paid tools: Adobe Acrobat, Nuance Omnipage
Free Online Tools: Google Docs / Google Drive, i2OCR
Free Desktop Tools: OpenOCR, gImageReader