Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4422-5808-2 • Hardback • December 2015 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
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Joy M. Perrin is the Digital Resources Librarian at Texas Tech University where she is the head of the Digital Resources Unit. Her experience with digital collections spans 9 years and includes work in the Digital Library Initiatives Team where she got experience planning digital projects, experience managing the libraries' digital lab, and working with digital library systems and metadata.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Principles for Starting a Digitization Project
Chapter 2: Principles for Different Material Types
Chapter 3: Scanners
Chapter 4: Other Equipment
Chapter 5: Digital File Basics
Chapter 6: Software and Processing
Chapter 7: Metadata in Practice
Chapter 8: Digitization Project Planning Principles
Chapter 9: A Digital Collection’s Life After Digitization
Index
About the Author
Her book is written for people at all levels of experience with digitization who are, or will be, in the process of digitizing flat media such as books, maps, slides, papers, posters, micro formats, etc. This is evident in Perrin’s writing style, which veers away from overly technical jargon, preferring simpler language. The book is designed to help readers discover the best possible options when considering a digitization project. Also, because most large-scale digitization endeavors are linked to grants or donors, the book can be used to help staff have a realistic vision of the costs and length of a project when writing grant proposals.... The book attempts to cover all the bases, but, if the reader is seeking more information, a bibliography is at the end of each chapter. There is also an index in the back of the book. Anyone involved in ongoing digitization projects will find this book useful. It covers the digitization process from its early planning stages to managing the collection after digitization. Perrin is correct regarding the scarcity of similar books now on the market. So those who currently have (or will in the future) an ongoing digitization program at their academic institution, governmental department, or private company may consider this to be the go-to book at the moment.
— Technical Services Quarterly
This is a helpful guide intended for ‘librarians and archivists’ that is suitable for both the absolute beginner and those with a little bit more knowledge about digitization…. This book will mostly be useful to those who are starting out, and need a bit of perspective on how to get their project on the right footing…. This book will also provide people with reassurance that there is no single solution and that every project is a learning opportunity. Not even the experienced people get it right all the time.
— Archives and Records: The Journal of the Archives and Records Association