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A digitization process begins with the selection of source material and ends with preservation and presentation of the converted and stored content. To obtain best results, pay attention to every detail .
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source materiaL |
- consider in-house scanning with library and/or CCS staff or choose off shore scanning performed by scanning service providors
- manage transport of selected material to and from the scanning service centre
- synchronize the digitization centre with the library's metadata catalogue - track any item from retrieval to return
- control and decision on single item's quality and feasibility (manual rejecting)
- handling of printed and electronic sources (e.g. previously scanned documents or born-digital data)
- storage, transportation and data backup
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Digitizing Hardware / environment |
- plan and design production environment
- select, setup and customize scanning technology
- configure client/server based computer centre with appropriate capacity
- set up high performance network environment
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| CONVERsion process |
- develop project plans and time schedules
- prepare communication policy and set up web collaboration tools
- define project teams and responsibilities
- customize technology to suit environment and achieve best possible OCR level
- discuss conversion details (page, article, etc.)
- discuss metadata requirements and appropriate standards
- define automatic and manual reject conditions
- consider manual quality control near shore / off shore
- make use of latest technology using remote services
- discuss optional technology research and development with CCS
- Research Group at University of Bucharest, Romania
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value |
non-profit
- free access through web portals
- worldwide online research
- preservation
commercial
- pay per view / digitize on demand
- distribute electronically via predefined profiles
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