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Master Your Digitization Project
Course Introduction
About This Course
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Why Digitize?
The Evolution of Digital Collections
Digitization Benefits
Digitization Project Functions
Seeing the Potential of Digitization
Digitization Business Case Considerations
Digitization in Post-Pandemic World
Making the Business Case for Digitization
Lesson Summary
Why Digitize Quiz
Digital Image Fundamentals
From Paper to Pixels
Digital Images as Surrogates
Digital Cameras and Scanners
Dynamic Range and Bit Depth
Resolution and Resolution Recommendations
Master File Resolution and Bit Depth Guidelines
Master and Derivative Files
Advantages and Disadvantages of TIFFs and JPEGs
Interpolation and Compression
Suggested File Formats
Lesson Summary
Digital Image Fundamentals Quiz
Selection
Bridging Past and Present
Appraisal Defined
Digitization Appraisal
Appraisal Criteria
Candidates for Digitization
Ethical Considerations
Intellectual Property Rights
Best Practices for Securing Copyright
Selection for Digitization
Lesson Summary
Selection Quiz
Digitization
Best Practices for Digital Projects
Project Objectives
Cost Estimations
Digitization Options
Staffing and Collaboration
Documentation
Benchmarking
Calibration
Batching
Postproduction Work
File Naming Conventions
Guidelines for Developing a File Naming Convention
Quality Assessment
Lesson Summary
Digitization Quiz
Description
Access Points
Description for Archives
Description Challenges
Item-Level Description
Collection-Level Description
Subject Description
Metadata and Metadata Crosswalks
Metadata Categories and Functions
Best Practices for Metadata
Description Practices
Description for Digitization Initiatives
Metadata for Information Management
Lesson Summary
Description Quiz
Access
Maximizing Access
What Makes a Successful Project?
Digitization Return on Investment
Collections Management Systems and Technology
Software Considerations
Project Marketing and Outreach
Preservation and Sustainability
Threats to Digital Materials
Lesson Summary
Access Quiz
Course Conclusion
From Manuscripts to Megabytes
Spread Knowledge with Referrals
Extra Credit
Digitization Terminology
Digitization Considerations
Data Content Standards
Data Structure Standards
Data Value Standards
Further Readings
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