NDSA:Digitization

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People outside of the "digital preservation profession" often get digitization and digital preservation confused. It's useful to make the distinction between the two and to provide some select guidance to those looking to begin the process of preserving analogue documents through digitization.

• Handout: File:Scanning collections.pdf (PDF) Simple introductory guidance for beginning the process of digitization.

• Manual: Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials (PDF, 5.43 MB). Still images only.

• Tutorial: Moving Theory Into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial

• Websites:
  • Digitization Dilemmas from the Australian New South Wales government.
  • [1] Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative