Hi Gill,
Many thanks!
Cheers,
Ashley
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Tony Gill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Ashley,
>
> I recommend that you check out the NISO Framework of Guidance for Building
> Good Digital Collections, which includes many principles that could help to
> shape selection criteria or a more comprehensive collections development
> policy:
>
> http://framework.niso.org/
>
> (Full disclosure: I was a member of the Working Group that wrote this
> version of the standard).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tony Gill
>
>
>
>
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:34:16 -0400
>> From: Ashley Harper <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Digitization Criteria Anyone?
>>
>>
>> Good afternoon everyone,
>>
>> My current department is undertaking a year long digitization project
>> that
>> involves going through many donated collections and processing and
>> selecting
>> pieces to be digitized. All these collections are basically photographs,
>> manuscripts, letters and other flat, 2 dimensional ephemera.
>>
>> As part of this project we have to come up with selection criteria for the
>> digitization. At the moment we are figuring out this criteria and
>> functioning without any current guide. I was hoping that you might be
>> willing to share with me any of your digitization criteria or digitization
>> policies?
>>
>> Also I would like to share two examples of what has been influencing our
>> thoughts as we create this criteria. Please see below.
>>
>> Thanks in advance everyone! Anything you send I am sure will be helpful to
>> us!
>>
>> Examples of our inspiration:
>>
>> http://ahc.uwyo.edu/documents/faculty/greene/papers/Greene-Meissner.pdf
>>
>> http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2007/2007-02.pdf.
>>
>> Happy Tuesday,
>> Ashley Harper
>> Digital Collections
>> Historical Society of Pennsylvania
>>
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