DIGITALFUTURESACADEMYFURTHER RESOURCES

Baca, M. ed. (1998) Introduction to metadata, pathways to digital information, Getty Research Institute, available at

Besek,June M. (2003), Copyright Issues Relevant to the Creation of a Digital Archive: A Preliminary Assessment, CLIR,available at

Building Digital Collections: Technical Information and Background Papers, American Memory Project, available at

Chapman, S., Conway, P., and Kenney, A. R. (1999) Digital imaging and preservation microfilm: the future of the hybrid approach for the preservation of brittle books, RLG DigiNews, available at

Chapman. S. and Comstock, W. Digital Imaging Production Services at the Harvard College Library, RLG DigiNews 4.6 (December 2000), available at

Davies, A. and Fennessey, P (2001) Digital imaging for photographers, Focal Press.

Deegan, M (2002) Digitizing Historic Newspapers: Progress and Prospects, RLG DigiNews, available at

Deegan, M., and Tanner, S. (2002) Digital futures: strategies for the information age, Library Association Publishing.

Feeney, M. (ed) (1999) Digital culture: maximising the nation's investment, National Preservation Office.

Flecker, D. (2000), Harvard's Library Digital Initiative: Building a First Generation Digital Library Infrastructure, D-Lib Magazine, 6 (11), available at

Getz, M. (1997) Evaluating digital strategies for storing and retrieving scholarly information. In Lee, S. H. (ed) Economics of digital information: collection, storage and delivery, The Haworth Press.

Gould, S. and Ebdon, R. (1999) IFLA/UNESCO Survey on digitisation and preservation, IFLA Offices for UAP and International Lending, available at

Greenstein, D. and Thorin, S.E. (2002), The Digital Library: A Biography CLIR

Guidelines for Digitization Projects: for collections and holdings in the public domain, particularly those held in libraries and archives, UNESCO,

Hazen, D., Horrell, J., and Merrill-Oldham, J. (1998) Selecting research collections for digitization, CLIR

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Hughes, Lorna (2003), Digitizing Collections, Facet Publishing.

Kenney, A. R. and Rieger, O. Y. (eds) (2000) Moving theory into practice: digital imaging for libraries and archives, Research Libraries Group.

Klijn, E. and de Lusenet, Y. (2000) In the picture: preservation and digitisation of European photographic collections, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Amsterdam.

Lacey, J. (2002) The complete guide to digital imaging, Watson-Guptill Publications

Lawrence, G. W., et al. (2000) Risk management of digital information: a file format investigation, Council on Library and Information Resources, available at

Parry, D. (1998) Virtually new: creating the digital collection, Library and Information Commission.

Robinson, P (1993), The digitization of primary textual sources, Office for Humanities Communication Publications, 3, King’s College, London.

Rossi, M., Casali, F., Bacchilega, A., and Romani, D. (2000) An experimental x-ray digital detector for investigation of paintings, 15th World Conference on NonDestructive Testing, Rome, 15-21 October 2000.

Smith, A (1999) Why digitize?, CLIR, available at

Smith, A. (2001), Strategies for Building Digitized Collections, CLIR, available at

Tanner, S. and Deegan, M. (2002) Exploring Charging Models for Digital Cultural Heritage

Witten, Ian H. and Bainbridge, David (2002),How to Build a Digital Library, Morgan Kaufmann.

Zorich,Diane M. (2003) A Survey of Digital Cultural Heritage Initiatives and Their Sustainability Concerns, available at

Courses

Cornell University Library, Department of Preservation and Conservation,

Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII), University of Glasgow, summer school on digitization for cultural heritage professionals,

School for Scanning, NorthEastDocumentationCenter,

SEPIA (Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access) project training courses

Technical Advisory Service on Images, University of Bristol

Useful Web Sites

Annotated Bibliography of Digital Library Related Sources,

Hundreds of references on digital library matters.

CEDARS – Consortium of University Research Libraries, Exemplars in Digital Archives project

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR),

Many useful reports on digitization, standards, metadata, and project management.

Colorado Digitization Program,

A great deal of useful information about planning and carrying out digitization projects.

Digital Library Bibliography,

The Digital Library Federation (DLF),

The Digital Library Federation (DLF) is a consortium of libraries and related agencies that are pioneering in the use of electronic-information technologies to extend their collections and services. The DLF web site offers information about developing digital collections and managing networked information for the benefit of scholarship, education, and cultural progress.

DIGITAL LIBRARIES: Resources and Projects,

A great deal of useful information on digital libraries provided by IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations.

Library Digital Initiative, Harvard,

Again, useful information about how to carry out projects

National Library of Australia metadata specifications

NEDLIB – Networked European Deposit Library

NISO Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images,

OCLC Digital Archive

PADI: Preserving Access to Digital Information,

An enormously useful and comprehensive set of resources are available here about all aspects of digitization, preservation and digital library matters.

Metadata resources

Categories for the Description of Works of Art(CDWA),

DIG35 - for technical metadata,

Dublin Core,

Encoded Archival Description (EAD),

Metadata and Encoding Transmission Standard (METS),

Resource Description Framework (RDF),

SEPIA working group,

Visual Resources Association Core Categories,

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C),

Publications

D-Lib Magazine,

D-Lib Magazine is a solely electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues. The magazine is published eleven times a year.

RLG DigiNews,

RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly electronic newsletter that focuses on digitization and digital preservation. If you have a research collection that you are digitizing, you'll find this report indispensable for its articles on evolving practices and technology, new projects and publications, and events.