Overview of JISC Digital Media Materials for Digitisation Project Staff
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
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
