Collaborative digitization programs / Theme editor: Ken Middleton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Middleton, Ken.

Series:

Library hi tech ; v.23, no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Automation.

Libraries.

Library science--Technological innovations.

Library science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50908-2

9786610509089

1-84544-334-9

OCLC:

62456416