This is the home page for the Cornell University Library Digitization Resources space.

• DCAPS at CUL - About Us
• Digitization
• Metadata
• Quality Control
• Color Management
• Project Management
• Copyright
• Preservation and Conservation
• Digital Humanities

DCAPS  at CUL

• Digital Consulting and Production Services (DCAPS)
  http://dcaps.library.cornell.edu/

Digitization

• Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial from Cornell University
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/contents.html
• 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/
• 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
  [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

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/

Project Management

• Questions to Ask Before Starting a Digitization Project.doc
• Planning_questionaire.docx
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) 
  http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/programs.html

Preservation and Conservation

• Disasters & Quiet Catastrophes: Preserving Your Digital Assets - Workshop Resources
• Library Preservation and Conservation Tutorial:
• https://chinapreservationtutorial.library.cornell.edu/
  
  

Copyright

• WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
  http://www.wipo.int/directory/en/urls.jsp

Outsourcing

• Guidelines for Outsourcing, CDP:
  http://www.cdpheritage.org/digital/audio/documents/cdp_dabp_appendix_3.pdf
• RLG Model Request for Information
  http://www.rlg.org/en/pdfs/RLGrfi.pdf
• RLG Model Request for Proposal
  http://www.rlg.org/en/pdfs/RLGModelRFP.pdf

Digital Humanities

https://digitalhumanities.library.cornell.edu/