Material Selection for Digitisation: IMPACT Briefing Paper
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MaterialSelectionForDigitisation-BriefingPaper_01_382f15a0-6d4f-4cc1-bbbd-ce3786899fc6.pdf
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Resource type
Research report
Creator (person)
Fitzgerald, Neil
Anderson, Niall
Abstract
Mass digitisation involves the transformation of huge amounts of information from one form to another. The act of digitisation necessitates the creation of still more information – not only the new digital object itself, but information about what the object is, where it fits within a collection, where it is located within a digital repository, and what processes have been applied to make this digital object usable at the point of delivery. Because of the sheer volume of this information, institutions planning a mass digitisation project must establish a coherent workflow to standardise, organise, track and manage it. If the information created is to be stored long-term, then that consideration needs to be integrated into the workflow too. A good digitisation workflow will start by establishing the nature of the content to be delivered, and the form (and functions) of its delivery. But it must also make a realistic assessment of how much of the workflow can be done within the institution itself, and how much human oversight is needed throughout the workflow in order to deliver the project on time and within budget.
Creator (organisation)
IMPACT Project
Project(s)
IMPACT
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Seventh Framework Programme | 215064 |