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Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean World: A product of digitisation and preservation initiatives by the Library of the University of Chicago. Provides digital access to a selection of the Library's renowned Ancient Near East and Classics Collections. Preserved materials relate to the study of the ancient Near East and cover such topics as the archaeology, art, history, language, law, and the religions of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, Nubia, Persia, and other ancient peoples of Anatolia and the Fertile Crescent. Classics materials span the time from the rise of Bronze Age Aegean culture through the period in the Middle Ages and include volumes relating to the history, art and archaeology of the classical world. Also contains information on organising and coordinating large scale digitisation projects.
Author: University of Chicago
Subjects: archaeology, digitisation, history education, preservation, religion
DeweyClass: 956
Resource type: book collection, document collection
Antique Books: Description of the Thibadeau-Benoit method of presenting access to old books, based on a philosophy of creating a photographically accurate view without making the view too artificial. Investigates scanning, print separation, print enhancement, storage, HTML, and HTTP issues.
Author: Thibadeau, Robert & Benoit, Evan
Subjects: digitisation, old books, rare books
DeweyClass: 090
Resource type: article
Bibliography on Digital Watermarking: Searchable set of citations relating to digital image watermarking. Offers details of title, series, publisher, keywords, and online address for each entry where available. Browsable in BibTex or HTML format.
Author: Ford, Jamie
Subjects: copyright, digitisation
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: bibliography
Building a Magnetic View of Alaska: Open-file report using a slideshow format to present work completed and methods used to edit and interpret aeromagnetic data in Alaska. Topics include an aeromagnetic history of Alaska, crustal-scale interpretation and instructions on making a magnetic quilt.
Author: US Geological Survey
Subjects: alaska, digitisation, geology research
DeweyClass: 551
Resource type: images, maps, reference data
Building Digital Collections: Technical Information and Background Papers: Provides an insight into the digitisation process, covering technical procedures such as conversion, scanning, text mark-up, repository development, web interface design, workflow and production, and rights and restrictions.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: digital library programmes, digitisation
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: documents
Commission for Preservation and Access: Structured Glossary of Technical Terms: Glossary of terms associated with the technologies of document preservation, with particular emphasis on document media conversion and digital computer technologies.
Author: Stuart Lynn, M.
Subjects: digitisation, preservation
DeweyClass: 025.84
Resource type: document
Copyright Clearance and Digitisation in UK Higher Education: Report examining issues relating to the clearance of rights for the digitisation of materials published in printed form.
Author: JISC / PA Clearance Mechanisms Working Party
Subjects: copyright, digitisation
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: document
Creating a Permanent Digital Archive of Local Materials: Report of a project funded by the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) to establish procedures for local content creation in small and medium-sized library authorities in Scotland. Addresses options for continuing the development of collections beyond the short-term project funding currently on offer, and permanent conservation of collections.
Author: Martin, Don & Winch, Stephen
Subjects: digital library standards, digitisation
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: document
Creating and Distributing High Resolution Cartographic Images: Feature article from a full text electronic journal about digitisation, focusing on the reformatting of paper maps as computer-readable images, both for purposes of preservation and for access through CDs or on the Web.
Author: Allen, David Yehling
Subjects: cartography, digitisation
DeweyClass: 526
Resource type: article
Data Dictionary for Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images: Draft Standard for Trial Use: Prepared by the National Information Standards Organisation (NISO) and Association for Information and Image Management, this draft comprises a list of technical metadata elements for digital images. Available for use from June 2002 to December 2003 and presented as a PDF file.
Author: National Information Standards Organization and Association for Information and Image Management
Subjects: digitisation, metadata
DeweyClass: 025.344
Resource type: document
DigiCam Views: Offers specifications of a wide range of digital cameras, photography tutorials, and recent news.
Author: AAA-views
Subjects: digitisation, photography
DeweyClass: 778
Resource type: documents, news
Digital Dictionaries of South Asia: Project designed to provide access to at least one multi-lingual dictionary for each of the twenty-six modern literary languages of South Asia in digital form. Dictionaries will be added on an ongoing basis throughout the life of the project.
Author: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia Project
Subjects: digitisation
DeweyClass: 403
Resource type: dictionaries
Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age: Full text book examining US intellectual property rights in relation to digital technology. Discusses the emergence of the digital dilemma as a result of changing technologies and the importance of digital information, and looks at associated problems in terms of archiving, private and fair use, copyright, and technical protection. Specific opportunities and problems experienced by the music industry are detailed, and general recommendations are made regarding public access, individual behaviour, progress, research, and law and public policy.
Author: National Academy of Sciences
Subjects: digitisation, intellectual property, technology law
DeweyClass: 341
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
Digital Image Quality: From Conversion to Presentation and Beyond: Paper discussing the creation of high quality digital images in a cost-effective manner.
Author: Kenney, Anne R.
Subjects: digitisation
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: article
Digital Preservation Coalition - The Handbook: Handbook providing an internationally authoritative and practical guide to the subject of managing digital resources over time, and the issues in sustaining access to them. The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is a collaborative organisation encompassing bodies such as the British Library, the Joint Information Systems Committee and the National Library of Australia aiming to secure the preservation of digital resources in the UK, and to promote related standards on a global scale.
Author: Jones, Maggie & Beagrie, Neil
Subjects: digital library management, digital library standards, digitisation, preservation
DeweyClass: 025.84
Resource type: book
Digitising History: A Guide to Creating Digital Resources from Historical Documents: Guide to the computerisation of historical source documents, which focuses on the creation of tabular data which can be used in databases, spreadsheets or statistics packages. Includes a glossary and bibliography.
Author: Townsend, Sean; Chappell, Cressida & Struijve, Oscar
Subjects: digitisation, humanities computing
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: document
Digitizing Wilfred: Stuart Lee, Manager of the 'Virtual Seminars for Teaching' project, in interview with Philip Hunter (10th September), reviews the development of the JTAP Virtual Seminars on First World War Poetry, and the creation of the Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive
Author: Hunter, Philip
Subjects: digitisation, educational methods, humanities computing
DeweyClass: 378.17
Resource type: document
ELIB: Electronic Libraries Programme: Major research programme, 1998 to 2001, which emerged from the Follett Report. The programme has resulted in around 60 projects in a number of areas: Access to Network Resources, Digitisation, Electronic Document Delivery, Electronic Journals, Electronic Short Loan, Images, On Demand Publishing, Preprints, Quality Assurance, Supporting Studies, Training and Awareness.
Author: UKOLN
Subjects: academic library research, digital library programmes, digitisation, document delivery, electronic journal production
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: documents, index
Exploring Charging Models for Digital Cultural Heritage: Report of a study on behalf of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation investigating the underlying assumptions being made in the move from analog photographic services into the realm of digital capture and delivery. In particular, the report looks at how marketable, cost efficient and income-stable the new digital services and resources are in comparison with previous methods. Report is available in PDF and HTML formats.
Author: Higher Education Digitisation Service
Subjects: digital library management, digitisation
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: document
HEDS Papers on Digitisation: Collection of conference papers addressing aspects of digitisation in higher education. Covers topics such as copyright, project planning, management issues, and costs. Material is presented as a series of PDF files.
Author: Higher Education Digitisation Service
Subjects: digitisation
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: proceedings
HEDS: Higher Education Digitisation Service: Provides services to support the conversion of high volumes of teaching, learning, and scholarly materials from paper and other formats into electronic media. Offers experience and skills in a range of areas including rare book handling and preservation, alongside technical issues surrounding digitisation and information access.
Author: Hertfordshire University
Subjects: digitisation, higher education research data
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: institution
HERON: Offers a national service to the UK academic community for copyright clearance, digitisation and delivery of book extracts and journal articles. Services are available on an institutional subscription basis.
Author: Ingenta UK
Subjects: copyright, digitisation
DeweyClass: 346.04
Resource type: service
Lexar Digital Photography: Guide to using digital cameras, related hardware and software (including PhotoShop) and the creation and maintenance of an appropriate work flow to process and preserve your photographs. Includes a series of articles on topics such as flash, compression, copyright, self publishing,with tips for taking photographs by subject (for example, photography of women, photographing motorsport). Also offers video tutorials.
Author: Lexar Media
Subjects: digitisation, photography
DeweyClass: 778
Resource type: guide
National Digital Library Competition: Lessons Learned: A summary of various lessons learned about digitisation projects, extracted, summarised, and paraphrased from reports submitted by award winners. Topics include formats and specifications for digital reproduction, production workflow, project management, and intellectual access.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: digital library design, digitisation
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: documents
Scanning FAQ: Collection of tips and techniques of image scanning for the desktop publisher, multimedia presenter, and graphic artist. Covers the differences between halftones, line art, greyscale and colour scanning, different file formats such as PICT, TIFF, JPEG and PhotoCD, and includes a scanning resolution calculator.
Author: Jeff Bone, Infomedia
Subjects: desktop publishing, digitisation
DeweyClass: 686.225
Resource type: documents
Selecting Research Collections for Digitisation: Report proposing a procedure for assessing the suitability of research collections to undergo digitisation. Addresses issues such as intellectual ownership and physical nature of the source materials, number of current users, format, resource description, archiving, and delivery. Also discusses the relationship of the project to other digitisation activities, and weighs up associated costs against potential benefits.
Author: Hazen, Dan; Horrell, Jeffrey & Merrill-Oldham, Jan
Subjects: digitisation
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: document
Short Course In Digital Photography: Full text publication providing an insight into digital photography. Covers the basics of digital photography such as inputting, processing, and outputting images, the world of digital photography from the point of view of commercial photography, publishing, business, law enforcement, insurance, and science, the foundations of digital imaging, digital cameras, digitisation of film and prints, in-camera storage and download, computer storage, graphic file formats, the digital darkroom, photo printers, photography on the Web, panoramic and object photography, and stereo photography.
Author: Curtin, Dennis
Subjects: digitisation, photography
DeweyClass: 778
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
Strategies for Digital Data: Describes a survey aiming to establish ways of organising, preserving, and disseminating the diversity of archaeological information held in digital form. Addresses issues such as the usability of digital data, the information needs of archaeologists, and standards for digital archiving.
Author: Condron, Frances; Richards, Julian; Robinson, Damian & Wise, Alicia
Subjects: british archaeology - general, digitisation
DeweyClass: 936
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
TASI: Technical Advisory Service for Images: A national service set up to advise and support the academic community on the digital creation, storage, and delivery of image related information. Its objectives are to share and promote technical expertise and standards within the academic and public sectors, and enable the academic community to develop digital archives of good quality image related materials to support effective teaching and research by providing comprehensive information and advice. Includes information on copyright issues for groups wishing to create a digital image archive.
Author: TASI, Institute for Learning and Research Technology, Bristol University
Subjects: copyright, digitisation, imaging science
DeweyClass: 025.0
Resource type: institution
Work of the Encyclopedia in the Age of Electronic Reproduction: Article which examines how the digitisation of literature affects the craft of editing, and the everyday work of content producers. It focuses on the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which has been profoundly affected by CDs and the Web, showing how digitization of the encyclopedia has affected the structure of articles and has begun to affect the character of editorial work, the responsibilities of editors, and relations with authors, animators and others.
Author: Soojung-Kim Pang, Alex
Subjects: digitisation, electronic publishing
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: article