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Bibliography:
Learning About Digital Collections
Copyright
& Intellectual Property
Cost
Analysis
Definitions
- What is a digital collection?
"A digital collection is a group of information items in digital
format, related to each other by subject or origin (provenance). The
content and scope of a digital collection conform to a collection
development plan informed by user community needs. A digital collection
requires a logical structure, a cataloging or indexing scheme, an
archiving policy, and a mechanism by which curators can assess and
measure collection use. Digital collections comprise a digital library."
---Written by the Digital Collections Planning Team, University
of Connecticut Libraries, Spring 2000
- What is a digital library?
"Digital libraries are organizations that provide the resources,
including the specialized staff, to select, structure, offer intellectual
access to, interpret, distribute, preserve the integrity of, and ensure
the persistence over time of collections of digital works so that
they are readily and economically available for use by a defined community
or set of communities."
---Written by the Digital
Library Federation
- Definition
and Purposes of a Digital Library
---According to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
for Computers and Technology
Digital
Library Organizations
Digital
Watermarking
Funding
& Grants
The
Foundation Center
Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH)
National Historical Publications
and Records Commission (NHPRC)
National Science Foundation
(NSF): Funding
Private Foundations in Connecticut---Coming
soon
Hardware
& Software
Digital Cameras and Scanners
Digital Photography Review
Digital Eyes
Imaging
& Image Scanning
- Digital
Imaging Group
An open consortium of 74 leading companies (e.g., Adobe Systems, Canon,
Eastman Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Luna Imaging, and Polaroid)
devoted to exploring, developing and implementing new and smarter
digital imaging technologies
- Digital
Imaging Tutorial: Moving Theory Into Practice by Cornell University
Library's Dept. of Preservation and Conservation
- Guides
to Quality in Visual Resource Imaging. Five guides written by
digital imaging experts and sponsored by the Digital Library Federation,
the Council on Library and Information Resources, and the Research
Libraries Group.
- Introduction
to Imaging by Howard Besser and Jennifer Trant
Licensing
& Partnerships
- LIBLICENSE:
Licensing Digital Information, A Resource for Librarians. An excellent
resource created by Yale University with the support of the Council
on Library and Information Resources
- Licensingmodels.com.
Includes templates of standard licenses designed for the acquisition
of electronic journals and other electronic resources
- University
of Connecticut Partnership Documents Essential
information about partnerships at the University. Includes examples
of current partnerships, guidelines for forming new partnerships,
and a partnership proposal form.
Metadata
& Standards
Bibliographic
Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed. (AACR2)
Dublin Core
Using
Dublin Core
Cooperative Online Resource
Catalog (CORC)
FGDC (Federal Geographic Data Committee)
Machine-Readable Cataloging
(MARC)
Controlled Vocabularies
Getty Vocabulary Program
Medical
Subject Headings (MESH)
Web
Thesaurus Compendium
Introduction to Metadata
Getty
Research Institute's Introduction to Metadata
Metadata Generators
DC-dot
Record Structure
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
SGML
HTML
XML Tutorials from Internet.com
Protocols
FTP
HTTP
Z39.50
Overview
of Z39.50 (Biblio-Tech Review)
Formats
Images
Animation
Video
Audio
World Wide Web Documents
Text
Programs
Multimedia
& Streaming Media
Outsourcing
(See Also Vendor Information)
Planning
Digital Initiatives
Preservation
Standards
Organizations
International
Standards Organization (ISO)
National Information Standards Organization
(NISO)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Storage
Requirements for Digital Documents
An essential resource for
planning your digital project...
Steve Gilheany of Archive
Builders has compiled an excellent
list of "computer storage requirements for various digitized
document types" and digital equivalents for scanned letters,
drawings, and microforms, DVDs, etc.
For example, if your digital project were to involve 8 1/2 x 11"
pages housed in one 4-drawer filing cabinet, what would the size of
the resulting digitized information be and how would you accurately
plan for equipment and human resources needed to create it? Steve
Gilheany's list can help you! An excerpt from his list estimates the
following:
Examples of Computer Storage Requirements
for Various Digitized Document Types
1 scanned
page (8 1/2 x 11") = 50 KiloBytes (KByte)
1 file cabinet (4 drawer/10,000 pages on average) = 500 MegaBytes
(MByte) = 1 CD
2,000 file cabinets = 1,000 GigaBytes = 1 TeraByte (TByte)
= 200 DVDs (Digital Versatile Disc)
1 hour of compressed color video = 2 GigaBytes
(DVD, MPEG2, image quality dependent)
1 hour of audio = 10 MegaBytes (dictation, answering machine)
to 500 Megabytes (CD quality audio)
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The information above was quoted
with permission from Steve Gilheany, Senior Systems Engineer at Archive
Builders.
Article Version 22009v112G © by SteveGilheany@ArchiveBuilders.com.
Training
& Continuing Education
June 2004
- June 2-4: "School for
Scanning: Buidling Good Digital Collections," at the Northeast
Document Conservation Center, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL
Vendor
Information (See Also Outsourcing)
Qualitative
& Quantitative Measurements
UConn
Guidelines & Resources
Created by
H. Abbey for DCPT, 3.14.01
Revised by H. Abbey, 1.26.04
Last Updated:
Friday, March 11, 2005
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