| Description |
60 pages ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: The Challenges of Digitization -- How the University's Digitization Strategy Has Changed in Recent Years -- University of Kentucky and the Digital Library Services Department -- A Focus on Newspapers -- Technology and Budgeting -- Prioritization -- Copyright and Marketing -- Challenges and New Ideas -- The Oriental Institute (at the University of Chicago) -- The Institute's Online Presence -- Progress of Book Digitization -- Digitization's Impact on Print Book Revenues -- Orbis Cascade Alliance -- Digitization at the Consortium Level -- Copyright, Branding and Ownership Issues -- Determining the Role of the Consortium and Setting Fees -- Use of Outsourcing -- Northern Micrographics -- Facilities and Equipment -- In-House Vs. Outsourced Digitization -- New Developments and Challenges -- Luna Imaging Inc -- What Luna Offers Potential Clients -- Luna's Process -- The Change in Institutional Priorities |
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Machine generated contents note: Library Digitization: Introduction -- University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service and the HathiTrust Digital Library -- U-M Digitization History -- Digitization Funding -- Special Collections Digitization -- Film Digitization Project -- Equipment -- Marketing -- The University of North Carolina Digital Southern Historical Collection -- The Digital SHC Collection -- About the Digital Collection: The Copyright Dilemma -- About the Digital SHC: Operations -- Getting the Word Out -- Challenges -- California Digital Library -- CDL's Structure -- Partnerships and Grants -- Digitized Special Collections: Highlights of the CDL -- Equipment and Coordination -- Revenue and Marketing -- Looking Ahead and Challenges -- University of Pittsburgh and the Digital Research Library -- Treasures at the Digital Research Library and Collaborations -- Equipment -- Funding -- Partnerships -- Copyright Issues -- Workflow Issues -- Putting the Word Out -- |
| Summary |
This book profiles the efforts of universities, library consortia and private firms to digitize books, periodicals, prints, music and film and other library materials. The organizations profiled include: the California Digital Library, the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, the University of Michigan Digital Production Service, the University of North Carolina's Digital Southern Historical Collection, Luna Imaging, Inc., Orbis Cascade Alliance, the University of Kentucky, Northern Micrographics, and the University of Pittsburgh. This book explores the tactics, strategies, costs and development plans of these major players in library digitization efforts. Among the issues covered are: outsourcing vs. in-house digitization, rights, marketing, budgeting, impact on the print collection, equipment preferences, labor supply, partnerships and work flow. The purpose of this book is to help library digitizers answer fundamental questions related to the practical nuts and bolts of digitization decision making |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Digital libraries -- Planning.
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Information technology.
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Libraries -- Automation -- Planning.
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Library materials -- Digitization -- Planning.
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Research libraries -- Automation -- Planning.
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Primary Research Group.
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| LC no. |
2012936371 |
| ISBN |
157440198X |
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