I think digitisation is preferable (or digitization if you're
American)
Here's Google's vote for what it's worth:
Digitization - 12 million hits
Digitisation - 1.2 million hits
Digitalization - 800,000 hits
Dititalisation - 445,000 hits
Grant,
TASI
--On 02 May 2007 11:01 +0100 "Garmendia, Jone"
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> Dear Michele,
>
> Was the speaker's first language English?
>
> In Spanish (and other Romance languages) we say 'digitalizar'. So,
> I'm guessing that a French/Italian/Spanish speaker or a person who
> has worked with these other languages might have done a literal
> translation into English... Hence digitalisation instead of
> digitisation...
>
> I've come across a EU site which uses digitalisation. This makes me
> think that this form of the term is possibly being used in
> 'International English'... See
> http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/5745/254 I'll stick to
> digitisation.
>
> Oops... The Oxford English Dictionary shows both terms at
> http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00297303?single=1&query_type=wo
> rd&queryword=digitization&first=1&max_to_show=10
>
> Regards
>
> Jone Garmendia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Archivists, conservators and records managers.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Heather, Chris
> Sent: 02 May 2007 10:27
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Digitisation vs Digitalisation
>
>
> Michelle
>
> Here at the National Archives, also in Kew, we always refer to this
> process as digitisation. It sounds rather clumsy to say
> digitalisation.
>
> Chris Heather
> Senior Cataloguing Specialist
> Research, Knowledge and Academic Services
> The National Archives
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Archivists, conservators and records managers.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Michele Losse
> Sent: 02 May 2007 10:22
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> Subject: Digitisation vs Digitalisation
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> This may seem a strange question, but I always thought that the
> process of digitising was called 'digitisation' and this is the
> word we have used here at Kew for our projects; however, I have
> recently heard others mention it as 'digitalisation' including a
> speaker at a conference recently. Is there a 'correct' way of
> saying this or are they both correct? What is used generally for
> this kind of project?
>
> Thanks
> Michele Losse
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