[Apologies for cross-posting]
Dear all
Renaissance East Midlands will be producing a simple guide to digitising
museum collections (2d and 3d) and would like comments from members.
I have been commissioned to write the guide and am working with Caroline
Moore, Digital Access Development Officer at REM. The guide will be
delivered as an on-line resource, available in PDF, and possibly in HTML
format. We hope that this will be available on the Collections Link as
well as the REM site.
The guide is being produced as a result of consultation with museums,
both small and large, in the East Midlands. It will reference the rich
amount of detailed information already available on-line in such sites
as Collections Link
<http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/digitise_my_collection>, Minerva
<http://www.minervaeurope.org/>, <http://www.minervaeurope.org/> AHDS
<http://www.ahds.ac.uk/guides/index.htm>, National Preservation Office
<http://www.bl.uk/services/npo/publicationsleaf.html>, and TASI
<http://www.tasi.ac.uk/>.
/Caroline and I would appreciate feedback from members in any models
that might be considered exemplary, as well as comment on the structure
and content of the guide./
The guide which will be illustrated is expected to cover the following
topics:
Project scoping and planning
Involving users
Creating digital content
Creating metadata
Publishing digital content
Copyright
Preservation and sustainability
It is envisaged that it will provide readers with a basic understanding
of approaches to a digitisation project and operate as aid to planning.
Consultation with users will take place using early drafts of the guide.
Please feel free to reply on or off list.
Thanks
Julian Tomlin
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Caroline Moore
Digital Access Development Officer
Renaissance East Midlands
Leicester Arts and Museums Service
A12 New Walk Centre
Welford Place
Leicester LE1 6ZG
T: 0116 252 7338
East Midland's digital collections
http://www.renaissanceeastmidlands.org.uk/our_work/digital_access_to_collections/east_midlands.html
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