An edition of Digitization in the Real World (2010)

Digitization in the Real World

Lessons Learned from Small and Medium-Sized Digitization Projects

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An edition of Digitization in the Real World (2010)

Digitization in the Real World

Lessons Learned from Small and Medium-Sized Digitization Projects

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Digitization in the Real World highlights 34 cases of digital collection building in libraries, archives, museums, and cultural heritage institutions throughout North America. This book is written by practitioners for practitioners focusing on lessons learned from small to medium-sized digitization projects.

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Table of Contents

Part I. Small is Beautiful: Planning and Implementing Digitization Projects with Limited Resources
Chapter 1. DIY Digitization: Creating a Small-scale Digital Zine Exhibit Page 1 Chapter 2. Digitizing Civil Rights: An Omeka-based Pilot Digital Presence for the Queens College Civil Rights Archive Page 23 Chapter 3. Digitization on a Dime: How a Small Library and a Big Team of Volunteers Digitized 15,000 Obituaries in Just Over a Year Page 41 Chapter 4. Building the ALBA Digital Library Page 57 Chapter 5. Digitization and Access of Louisiana Oral Histories: One Oral History Center’s Experience in the Digital Realm Page 68 Chapter 6. Digitizing a Newspaper Clippings Collection: a Case Study and Framework for Small-Scale Digital Projects Page 86 Chapter 7. METRO Grant Success Story: Waterways of New York Project Page 100
Part 2 – A Diverse Digital Landscape: Digital Collections in Public Libraries, Museums, Cultural Heritage Institutions, and Knowledge-Based Organizations. 123
Chapter 8. Managing Rights in a Medium Scale Audio Digitization Project Page 125 Chatper 9. The In-House Digital Laboratory: Possibilities and Responsibilities Page 136 Chapter 10. Building a Virtual Library – A Case Study at The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary Page 154 Chapter 11. Local Objects, Local People, Local History: Creating the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database Page 172 Chapter 12. Digitizing the Rare Book Collection of the Leo Baeck Institute Page 185 Chapter 13. The Caprons of Paris: A Digitization Project in a Small Library System Page 195 Chapter 14. The Mass. Memories Road Show: A State-Wide Scanning Project Page 223 Chapter 15. Picturing the Museum: Education and Exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History Page 242 Part 3. The Digital Campus: Digitization in Universities and Their Libraries Page 259 Chapter 16. Developing an Institutional Repository at Southern New Hampshire University: Year One Page 261 Chapter 17. Digitization of the Yale Daily News Historical Archive Page 274 Chapter 18. New Jersey Digital Legal Library Page 289 Chapter 19. Pratt Institute: A Historical Snapshot of Campus and Area Page 302 Chapter 20. Scaling Back for an “Experimental” Collection Page 321 Chapter 21. From Confusion and Chaos to Clarity and Hope: Reorganization of Work Flows, Processes, and Delivery for Digital Libraries Page 333 Chapter 22. Digitizing Colorado State University’s Historic Photograph Collection: A Case Study Page 355 Chapter 23. Entering the Digitization Universe: One Catalog Librarian’s Experience at an Academic Library Page 370 Chapter 24. From Argentina to Zambia: Capturing the Digital A to Z’s of a Child Art Collection Page 383 Chapter 25. Special Collections, Digitization, and the Classroom: A New Model Page 402 Part 4. One Plus One is Greater Than Two: Collaborative Projects Page 421 Chapter 26. Digital Treasures: The Evolution of a Digital Repository in Massachusetts Page 423 Chapter 27. Collaborative Digitization Goes Local Page 435 Chapter 28. Picturing the Past and Planning for the Future: Central Florida Memory Page 450 Chapter 29. Apollo 13.0: Digitizing Astronaut Jack Swigert’s Apollo Documents Page 470 Chapter 30. Collaborative-Centered Digital Curation: A Case Study at Clemson University Libraries Page 490 Chapter 31. The Craft Revival Project: Library Leadership in Creating Connections between Small Cultural Institutions Page 503 Chapter 32. Hudson River Valley Heritage: A Journey in Collaborative Digitization Page 518 Chapter 33. Collaborating for Success: A Cross-Departmental Digitization Project Page 541 Chapter 34. Using Omeka to Build Digital Collections: The METRO Case Study Page 556

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Z701.3.D54 D54 2010

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DigitizationInTheRealWorld
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654786973

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