Guidelines, Standards and Technical Papers
Archive Builders: Digital Image Sizes
The Archive Builders website contains a range of information on digital archives. This document provides information on image size and storage space requirements for a full range of resources including text, photos, audio and video, etc.
Building Digital COllections: A Technical Overview (LC)
“The American Memory historical collections at the Library of Congress are the product of a permanent commitment to explore and establish the best practices of digitization, online presentation and access, and digital preservation of historical materials. The information on this page documents current solutions to technical challenges and solutions devised and implemented in the past. The page is updated and expanded periodically.”
Digital Negative (DNG) Specification, version 1.2.0.0
Information about the public, archival format for digital camera raw data.
Guide to Image Digitization
Harvard University has developed the Guide to Image Digitization (October, 2001) to assist curators and collection managers in identifying an appropriate strategy for image digitization and delivery, using the integrated set of systems and services developed as part of the Library Digital Initiative.
Guidelines Recommendations for the creation of PDF files for long term preservation and access
By Judith Rog for the National Library of the Netherlands/Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) Version 1.7 (May 31, 2007).
Manuscript Digitization Demonstration Project (LC)
Final report addresses the following questions: What type of image is best suited for the digitization of large manuscript collections, especially collections consisting of 20th century typescripts? What level of quality strikes the best balance between production economics and the requirements set by future uses of the images? Will the same type of image that offers high quality reformatting also provide efficient online access for researchers? The report is very informative, thorough, and gives excellent examples.
Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial
The tutorial put out by the Cornell University Library/ Research Department is a classic resource.
RLG DigiNews
“RLG DigiNews was a Web-based newsletter conceived by the RLG preservation community. It was produced by staff in the Department of Research, Cornell University Library, in consultation with RLG and, later, the RLG Programs unit of OCLC Programs & Research.” RLG DigiNews, now archived and available on the OCLC website, contains a wealth of information on digital imaging.
TASI
The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) Online resource providing advice and guidance to assist in and encourage the creation of high quality digital image collections.
Technology Watch Report JPEG 2000
Is JPEG 2000 A Practical Digital Preservation Standard? An article by Robert Buckley Ph.D.
Technology Watch Report Preserving the Data Explosion: Using PDF
An article reviewing “the use of PDF, Portable Document Format, more specifically, PDF/Archive as an archival file format to preserve an organization's knowledge ” by Betsy A. Fanning.
The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines Version 3.0
Edited by MichaelStewart and Greg Smith. (September 2007).
UVA Electronic Text Center
The University of Virginia Electronic Text Center's introduction to Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and document preparation.
A Few Links Related to Scanning
This site links to scanner and software manufacturers and distributors, buyer's guides, product reviews, file formats, color management, and imaging software. See the site's Links section.
