Some of you may find this document listed in the recent current cites
useful. The overview is good, though as with all things American they are
very biased towards American resources....
Digital Library Forum. [39]A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital
Collections Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC: 2002
(http://www.imls.gov/pubs/forumframework.htm). -
It wasn't all that long ago that any library wanting to embark on a project
to digitize a collection and put it online for all to see would be making up
a lot of the process from scratch. Thankfully, those days are now over. No
more evidence of this is required than this online document, which not only
makes good, clear statements regarding best practices for doing this type of
activity, but also points to the growing literature on the topic. Principles
are laid down in the areas of collections, objects (creating and preserving
digital versions), metadata, and projects. The principles are good ones and
the pointers are invaluable. Although this document itself is a quick read,
the items it points you to can keep you busy for weeks. Compared to the
state of affairs not long ago, it is an embarrassment of riches. If you find
something you don't like, or are missing something you'd like to see, the
document is in draft form and comments are solicited until at least May 1,
2002. - [40]RT
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Marieke Napier, QA Focus/NOF-digitise Advisor
UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, England, BA2 7AY
Home Page: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/m.napier/
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/
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