Digitization Diaries: Digitization on a Shoe-string Budget
Sue Kienbaum is a Reference Assistant at Marysville Public Library, and responsible for MPL’s digital collection and the Ohio Obituary Project, along with the daily duties …
Getting Help
Digitization projects are large undertakings that cannot be done alone. At some point, you’ll likely need outside help for funding, equipment, and/or man power. …
Questions to Consider When Starting a Digitization Project
Questions to Consider When Starting a Digitization Project By Shannon Kupfer (used with permission) Do you have adequate resources? Resources include: time, money, staff, …
Some Basics on Scanning
This short video from About.com introduces some basics for scanning. Although the presenter states that 300 dpi is sufficient, please make sure that you …
Quality Control
Are you familiar with the phrase ‘measure twice, cut once’? The wisdom in this phrase can be applied to your digitization projects as well …
Digitization Diaries: I Built A Book Scanner
Jessica Watkins is the Reference Services Manager at the Massillon Public Library, and she and her department staff worked together to build their library’s …
Great video from University of Kentucky to get you started
The first of this two part series from meta I morphosis is a great way to get started planning your digitization project. Part 2 …
Digitizing Three-Dimensional Objects
If you are interested in creating a digital record of your three-dimensional objects, how would you start? First and foremost, planning is the most …
Preservation
When digitizing your collection, there are a few different things to think about. You need to think about the safety and preservation of the …
Digitization Diaries: Digitization on a Shoe-string Budget
Sue Kienbaum is a Reference Assistant at Marysville Public Library, and responsible for MPL’s digital collection and the Ohio Obituary Project, along with the daily duties …
Lessons from a large scale project at the National Archives
Although this video represents a project of enormous scale at the National Archives (who has vast resources at their disposal), there are some important …
A Seminar on Document Handling During Digitization
Although the audio and video of this particular offering are not the best quality, the information from this seminar, presented in 5 parts, is …
Get the Word Out!
You’ve done all this hard work, don’t forget to share it with the world! There are lots of ways to let your community know …
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