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The Archivist’s Toolkit – Automation and Digitization (Archives Association of British Columbia)
This toolkit offers access to a wide range of on-line and published resources regarding digitization for information professionals of all levels.
Building Digital Collections: A Technical Overview (Library of Congress)
The information on this page documents current solutions to technical challenges and solutions devised and implemented in the past. The page is updated and expanded periodically.
Digital Library Federation
The DLF is a consortium of libraries and related agencies that are pioneering the use of electronic-information technology to extend collections and services.
Digital Tool Box (Bibliographical Center for Research)
This Digital Toolbox includes a set of tools designed to assist you in your digitization project. BCR’s CDP is dedicated to helping cultural heritage institutions build their own digital collections in the best and most sustainable way possible.
Digitization Resources (Canadiana)
Here is a general list of useful connections for cultural and scientific memory and education institutions that have an interest in digitization, preservation and access.
EAD Toolkit (California Digital Library)
This toolkit of freeware, commercial, and CDL-developed resources will help contributors create and submit EAD collection guides.
Information for Technologists (California Digital Library)
A useful list of software and services, and best practices and standards as a information gateway for technologists.
METS Toolkit (California Digital Library)
This toolkit of freeware, commercial, and CDL-developed resources will help contributors create and submit METS digital objects.
Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial (Cornell University Library, Research Department)
This tutorial offers base-level information on the use of digital imaging to convert and make accessible cultural heritage materials. It also introduces some concepts, in particular the value of bench-marking requirements before undertaking a digital initiative.
Overview of JISC Digital Media Materials for Digitsation Project Staff
This guide provides an overview of the JISC Digital Media website materials that digitisation project staff will find useful during the lifetime of a project. Topics covered include equipment, funding, management, metadata, etc.
Professional Exchange: Digitization (Canadian Heritage Information Network)
CHIN has brought together key digitization resources in the tutorials, best practices and software information on these pages.
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