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Book SynopsisDigital Curation Projects Made Easy: A Step-By-Step Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums outlines simple steps for accomplishing practical digitization and digital preservation projects for those with little experience, time, and/or resources. Following a general introduction, instructions for completing these commonplace digital curation projects are covered: ·Photograph collections ·Newspaper collection ·Rare books ·Art Collections ·Oral Histories Digital curation does not need to be reserved for big budgets or world-famous collections. In fact, a large part of digitization and digital preservation consists of practical projects that are done every day without much fanfare in libraries and archives around the world.
Trade Review"This guide offers practical information and tips for heritage institutions interested in preserving and providing digital access to their historic treasures. In addition to basic information about digitization, digital presentation, and curation, Cowick (a preservationist at Preserve This) explains fundamental concepts and presents advantages of digitizing." * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsPart I: The Basics Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: What Every Project Needs to Get Started Part II: Digital Curation Projects Step-By-Step Chapter 3: General Guidelines Chapter 4: Photograph Collections Chapter 5: Newspaper Collections Chapter 6: Rare Books Chapter 7: Art Collections Chapter 8: Oral Histories
