This is the home page for the Digitization Resources space.

 Topics

Digitization

• Metadata
• Quality Control
• Color Management
• Photoshop
• Post-Processing
• Lists, Blogs, Online Journals

 Digitization

• Digital Imaging - How Far Have We Come and What Still Needs to be Done?
  http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=21033#article2 
  
  
• A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections
  http://www.niso.org/framework/Framework2.html
  
  
• Digital Toolbox
  http://www.cdpheritage.org/digital/index.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/
  

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
  [http://www.pictocolor.com/incamera.htm|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 Digtisation 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
  

PDF

• 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/