This is the home page for the Cornell University Library Digitization Resources space.
- Digitization
- Metadata
- Quality Control
- Color Management
- Photoshop
- Post-Processing
- Lists, Blogs, Online Journals
Digitization
- A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections
http://www.niso.org/framework/Framework2.html - Common Image File Formats
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/presentation/table7-1.html - Digital Imaging Basics
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/graphics/digital/ - Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial from Cornell University
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/contents.html - Conservation Online, Stanford University
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/imaging/ - Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (2000, Anne R. Kenney & Oya Y. Rieger)
http://worldcat.org/oclc/44003953/viewonline - Library of Congress Cataloging and Digitizing Toolbox
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/cataloging.html
Metadata
- Digital Libraries and Metadata Resources
http://archive.ifla.org/II/metadata.htm - Metadata, Digital Imaging Tutorial, Moving Theory into Practice
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/metadata/metadata-01.html
Color Management
- An Overview of Colour Management for Still Images, JISC Digital Media
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/stillimages/advice/an-overview-of-colour-management-for-still-images/
Color Targets
- MacBeth - best for manuscript material and silver gelatin prints
http://www.quality-photo.net/images/new-macbeth-card.jpg - Kodak - ideal when not utilizing color management system
http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00A/00AJDA-20725084.jpg - Kodak IT8- best for contemporary photographs (color glossy paper)
http://www.teamworkphoto.com/images/kodak/kodak_it8.jpg
Software
PictoColor in Camera - software for characterizing scanners - Photoshop Plug-in
[<span style="color: black"><a href="http://www.pictocolor.com/incamera.htm">http://www.pictocolor.com/incamera.htm
</a></span>|http://www2.chromix.com/colorgear/shop/productdetail.cxsa?toolid=1122]- Color Eyes Display Pro - device for monitor calibration
http://www2.chromix.com/colorgear/shop/productdetail.cxsa?toolid=1122
Photoshop
Quality Control
- Quality Control, Digital Imaging Tutorial, Moving Theory into Practice
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/quality/quality-01.html
- Quality Assurance and Digitisation Projects, JISC Digital Media
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/crossmedia/advice/quality-assurance-and-digitisation-projects/
Post-Processing
Software Tools
- TiffTeller
http://www.coolutils.com/TIFF-PDF-Page-Count - Bulk Rename Utility
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/ - Irfanview
http://www.irfanview.com
- PlanetPDF
http://www.planetpdf.com - Adobe Acrobat software
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
- Feasibility article
http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/papers/OCRFeasibility_final.pdf - Abbyy FineReader software
http://finereader.abbyy.com/about_OCR/whatis_ocr
Lists, Blogs, Online Journals
- IMAGELIB - To subscribe send message "SUB imagelib Your Full Name" to listserv@listserv.arizona.edu, or visit http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=imagelib&A=1
- Digitization 101 - http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/
- D-LIb Magazine (the magazine of Digital Library Research) http://www.dlib.org/