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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816214603321

Titolo

Collaborative digitization programs [[electronic resource] /] / Theme editor: Ken Middleton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50908-2

9786610509089

1-84544-334-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Library hi tech ; ; v.23, no. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

MiddletonKen

Disciplina

025.840285

Soggetti

Libraries - Automation

Library science - Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Collaborative digitization programs: a multifaceted approach to sustainability; Development of a portal to Texas history; Meeting metadata challenges in the consortial environment; Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook: creating a statewide digital library; Educating future digitizers; Empowerment for digitization: lessons learned from The Making of Modern Michigan; Aggregating distributed digital collections in the Mountain West Digital Library with the CONTENTdmTM multi-site server; AlabamaMosaic: sharing Alabama history online

The Columbia River Basin Ethnic History ArchiveAccessibility and usability of online library databases; The evolution of electronic reference sources

Sommario/riassunto

Statewide and regional digitization programs in the USA offer cultural heritageinstitutions (archives, libraries, and museums) a viable option for digitizing theircollections (e.g. photographs, diaries, oral histories, museum objects). Thesecollaborative programs may provide training in digital imaging and metadatastandards, access to scanning equipment, and software tools that streamline thecreation of metadata records.