Overview of JISC Digital Media Materials for Digitisation Project Staff

Last updated: 06 February 2009
Published in: Managing a project | Digitising analogue media |
Tags: analogue collections | digital collections | digitisation |

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This guide provides an overview of the JISC Digital Media website materials we think digitisation project staff will find useful during the lifetime of a digitisation project.

Topics that need to be explored include:

Have we got the funding to undertake this digitisation project?

• Deciding to Digitise
• Potential Sources of Funding for Digitisation Projects
• Sustainability of Digital Collections

How is this project going to be managed?

• Project Management for Digitisation Project
• Lessons Learned from other Digitisation Projects
• Risk Assessment
• Planning a Video Digitisation Project

Should we undertake the digitisation ourselves?

• Setting up a Workspace for Digitising IMages
  
• Digitisation Staff Training
• Equipping a Video Digitisation Project
• Selecting a Video Digitisation System
• Selecting an Audio Digitisation System
• Equipping an Audio Digitisation System
• Digitisation: To Outsource or Digitise in-house?
• Digitisation Services

Have we set procedures in place for clearing copyright (if needed)?

• Copyright and Digital Images
• Roles and Responsibilities for Staff Involved in Building Digital Image Collections
• Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright

Have we set minimum technical standards for capture?

• Choosing a File Format for Digital Still Images
• Choosing a Digital Audio File Format
• Choosing a File Name
• Colour and Resolution Targets
• Choosing a Digital Audio File Format

What equipment and specialist software do I need to buy for capture?

• Budgeting for a Digitisation Project
  
• Scanners
• Digital Cameras
• Equipping an Video Digitisation System
• Equipping an Audio Digitisation System
• Choosing your Digital Audio Software
• Microphone Guide

Have we set minimum standards for creating metadata?

• An Introduction to Metadata
  
• Putting Things in Order: a Directory of Metadata Schemas and Related Standards
• Controlling your Language: a Directory of Metadata Vocabularies

Where should we store the digital resources and metadata?

• Systems for Managing Digital Media Collections
• Choosing a System for Managing your Image Collection
• Image Management Software

Last updated: 06 February 2009
Published in: Managing a project | Digitising analogue media |
Tags: analogue collections | digital collections | digitisation |

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