Links
Parabaik and Palm leaf Manuscripts
Digital Imaging Links and Resources
Publications by the Department of Preservation and Conservation, Cornell University Library
Using Kodak Photo CD Technology for Preservation and Access
Digital to Microfilm Conversion: A Demonstration Project
RLG DigiNews focuses on issues of particular interest and value to managers of digital initiatives with a preservation component or rationale.
RLG Tools for Digital Imaging gives guidelines on costing and request for proposal.
Administrative
RLG Guidelines for Digital Imaging
Digital Library Information Resources is maintained by the University of California at Berkeley's Digital Library Project, is particularly helpful because of its excellent organization of issues and its selection of materials found at locations other than Berkeley.
Digital Libraries: Resources and Projects is a more exhaustive site, maintained by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations), provides a more international approach on electronic collections and services
Library of Congress site on documents relating to digitization efforts. Also check out Digital Formats for Content Reproductions (July 1998) and the Historical Collections for the National Digital Library: Lessons and Challenges at the Library of Congress, project planning check list.
Library of Congress, Manuscript Digitization Demonstration Project Final Report discusses issues in digital imaging projects.
The National Archives guidelines for digital imaging covers the process of digitizing archival materials for on-line access.
Besser, Howard and Jennifer Trant, Introduction to Imaging: Issues in Constructing an Image Database, The Getty Information Institute, 1995.
Preparing Quality Images for Computer Networks
Digital Project Resources has lots of links designed to guide administrators of digital projects to sites and resources.
Digital Library Tool kit seeks to address some of the leading questions that academic institutions, public libraries, government agencies, and museums face in trying to develop digital content and distribute it on the Worldwide Web.
Digital Libraries: a Selected Resource Guide provides links for digital library concerns in a topical manner.
Technical Recommendations for Digital Imaging Projects, 1997.
Metadata
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
Scanning Tips
Procedures and Practices for Scanning.An Introduction to Digital Scanning, Randolph, MA: Agfa Educational Publications, 1995, is a scanning guide and a useful resource material.
Image Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet provides scanning guidelines.
Scanning 101 is a nice presentation of the technical issues associated with scanning.
Graphics 101 gives an online tutorial on graphics.
Graphical File Formats
JPEG public area
DjVu. A promising file format with a very high compression ratio.
For the technically inclined, this graphic file format site gives a technical specification of different graphic file formats.
This file format library gives the specifications and links related to all digital file formats.
Organizations
The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) is an international organization made up of people in the information management community. It is the meeting place where users, vendors and solution providers come together to solve problems, present ideas, provide solutions and establish relationships.
Scanners and Digital Cameras
Digital Camera Magazine is an online guide electronic photography and imaging.
Digital Eyes is an independent resource for news and reviews of scanners, digital cameras, and the software that drives them.
Digital camera camera resource page gives the latest news in the digital camera industry.
Digital Photography Reviews provides reviews of scanners and digital cameras.
Updated June 16, 1999.
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