Bibliography
The Digitization Center is committed to the acquisition of up-to-date materials dealing with digitization and digital collections. Links to relevant websites will also be included.
For a list of electronic white papers and examples of other digitization projects, please click here.
| Author/Editor | Title |
|---|---|
| Arms, William Y. | Digital libraries |
| Baca, Murtha | Introduction to metadata : pathways to digital information |
| Baeza-Yates, Ricardo and Ribeiro-Neto, Berthier | Modern information retrieval |
| Barnum, Carol M. | Usability testing and research |
| Billings, Harold | Magic & hypersystems : constructing the information-sharing library |
| Boiko, Bob | Content management bible |
| Borgman, Christine L. | From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure |
| Campbell, Nicole | Usability assessment of library-related web sites |
| Crews, Kenneth D. | Copyright essentials for librarians and educators |
| Curtis, Donnelyn, et al. | Developing and managing electronic journal collections |
| Dustin, Elfriede, et al. | Quality web systems : performance, security, and usability |
| Ensor, Pat | The cybrarian's manual 2 |
| Gorman, Michael | The enduring library : technology, tradition, and the quest for balance |
| Harris, Lesley Ellen | Licensing digital content : a practical guide for librarians |
| Hoffmann, Gretchen McCord | Copyright in cyberspace : questions and answers for librarians |
| Hunter, Gregory S. | Developing and maintaining practical archives |
| Hunter, Gregory S. | Preserving digital information |
| Inan, Hurol | Measuring the success of your website |
| Jacso, Peter and Lancaster, F.W. | Build your own database |
| Kalfatovic, Martin R. | Creating a winning online exhibition : a guide for libraries, archives, and museums |
| Lesk, Michael | Practical digital libraries : books, bytes & bucks |
| Marcum, Deanna B. | Development of digital libraries : an American perspective |
| Nielsen, Jakob | Designing web usability |
| Nielsen, Jakob and Tahir, Marie | Homepage usability : 50 websites deconstructed |
| Norlin, Elaina and Winters, CM! | Usability testing for library web sites : a hands-on guide |
| Pace, Andrew K. | Ultimate digital library : where the new information players meet |
| Splaine, Steven and Jaskiel, Stefan P. | The Web Testing Handbook |
| Stover, Mark | Leading the wired organization |
| Tannenbaum, Adrienne | Metadata solutions |
| Thomas, Charles F. | Libraries, the Internet, and scholarship : tools and trends converging |
| Wherry, Timothy Lee | The librarian's guide to intellectual property in the digital age |
| Witten, Ian H. and Bainbridge, David | How to build a digital library (checked out) |
| Witten, Ian H., Moffat, Alistair, and Bell, Timothy C. | Managing gigabytes : compressing and indexing documents and images |
Electronic Resources: many descriptions of the electronic resources below are taken from the web sites themselves. Some sites include white papers and other technical data.
| Web site | Description |
|---|---|
| Bridgeport Working: Voices from the 20th Century | "We thank the people who we interviewed for sharing their life stories. You are not only interesting; your lives are remarkable. We are happy to share your remarkable stories with many generations to come. Who else could tell us what it was like to work in Bridgeport, Connecticut during the 20th Century?" |
| Canada's Digital Collections | "Welcome to Canada's Digital Collections, home to hundreds of Web sites about Canada produced by thousands of young Canadians." |
| Cedars: curl examplars in digital archives | "Cedars began in April 1998 and ended in March 2002. Its broad objective was to explore digital preservation issues. These range through acquiring digital objects, their long-term retention, sufficient description, and eventual access. " |
| Chicago Public Library Digital Collections | The Chicago Public Library offers seven galleries; most are focused on the history of Chicago. |
| Colorado Digitization Program | "Access to information is a critical component to everyday life in Colorado. Information supports all aspects of daily life, business, education, and recreation. Today's technology offers many options for accessing an ever increasing amount information. In the past decade, Colorado's information-rich institutions--archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums--have capitalized on the Internet and the World Wide Web. Information is now being delivered where and when people work and live. It is now feasible for information seekers to access full text, graphic, audio and video information where and when they desire." |
| Connecticut History Online | "The CHO website currently contains about 14,000 images of photographs, drawings and prints which may be searched or browsed in a variety of ways, including by keyword, subject, creator, title and date. Geographical sites may be searched using a Digital Geographic Locator developed by the University of Connecticut's Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC)." |
| D-Lib Magazine | "D-Lib Magazine is a solely electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues. The magazine is published eleven times a year and is released monthly, except for the July and August issues which are combined and released in July. The full contents of the magazine, including all back issues, are available free of charge at the D-Lib web site (http://www.dlib.org) as well as multiple mirror sites around the world." |
| Dublin Core Metadata Initiative | "The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven working groups, global workshops, conferences, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices." |
| Early Las Vegas: A digital collection | "This website is a historical photographic exhibition related to the early history of Las Vegas, Nevada. This newly-revised digital project currently contains six galleries..." |
| ECHOES: Essex County Heritage Online Exhibits | "We hope that this website and the final products you see are proof that digitizing a collection is not only possible with modest equipment, but that the results can be very impressive." |
| Einstein Archives Online | "The Einstein Archives Online Website provides the first online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era." |
| Everett Public Library (WA) Northwest Room Digital Collections | "Materials digitized for searching have been drawn from the library’s Northwest Room, partnering institutions and individuals. Collections are intended to tell a story and may feature the work of a particular photographer or a subject important to the study and enjoyment of Everett and Snohomish County history." |
| Greenstone Digital Library Software | "Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato, and developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO. It is open-source, multilingual software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public License." |
| Hackley Collection | "The E. Azalia Hackley Collection was created in 1943 by a gift of
material to the Detroit Public Library from the Detroit Musicians Association,
a branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians. The Hackley was
the first archive to document the contributions of Blacks to the performing
arts." |
| Historical Niagara: Digital Collections (Niagara Falls Public Library) | "The Digital Collections website is a comprehensive index of selected resources available in the Local History Collection at the Niagara Falls Public Library. This site will provide you with a starting point for your research -- whether it be researching a family history, local events or an important figure in Niagara's history." |
| LOCKSS | "For centuries libraries and publishers have had stable roles: publishers produced information; libraries kept it safe for reader access. There is no fundamental reason for the online environment to force institutions to abandon these roles. The LOCKSS model capitalizes on the traditional roles of libraries and publishers. LOCKSS creates low-cost, persistent digital 'caches' of authoritative versions of http-delivered content. The LOCKSS software enables institutions to locally collect, store, preserve, and archive authorized content thus safeguarding their community's access to that content. The LOCKSS model enforces the publisher's access control systems and, for many publishers, does no harm to their business models." |
| Matrix | "Based at Michigan State University, MATRIX is devoted to the application of new technologies in humanities and social science teaching and research. The Center creates and maintains online resources, provides training in computing and new teaching technologies, and creates forums for the exchange of ideas and expertise in new teaching technologies." |
| Mitsui Gold | "MAM-A is the leading manufacturer of quality recordable CDs and DVDs with unique manufacturing technology and complete control over it's production processes. MAM-A provides not just a complete range of products such as CDs and DVD's for Audio, Video, and long-term archiving… but more of a solution, with products and associated services such as screen printing for professional or consumer use. We listen, then work with you on the solution." |
| Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial | "This tutorial offers base-level information on the use of digital imaging to convert and make accessible cultural heritage materials. It also introduces some concepts advocated by Cornell University Library, in particular the value of benchmarking requirements before undertaking a digital initiative. You will find here up-to-date technical information, formulas, and reality checks, designed to test your level of understanding. " |
| NDLP Project Planning Checklist, Library of Congress, National Digital Library Program | "This document outlines the production process for historical collections at the Library of Congress and reflects that institution's administrative structure and procedures. Not every collection requires all of the steps listed; some collections require additional steps not listed. In practice, many of the operations are carried out in parallel and not sequentially." |
| New York Public Library Digital Library Collection | "NYPL will launch a searchable database of visual materials documenting culture studies and social history internationally from the ancient world to the present. A phased rollout through 2004 will eventually total 600,000 images selected from collection strengths in the arts, humanities, performing arts and sciences, including artwork, maps, photographs, prints, manuscripts, illustrated books, and printed ephemera." |
| New York Public Library Online Exhibitions | Exhibitions include Vaslav Najinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era, Best of Times: The Theatre of Charles Dickens, and Urban Neighbors: Images of New York City Wildlife. Currently, 24 exhibitions on a range of subjects are available for viewing. |
| NINCH Guide to Good Practice | "The First Edition of The NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation & Management of Cultural Heritage Materials was published online November 2002. Described as 'a resource that will become a touchstone for new practitioners for years to come,' the NINCH Guide is designed for those in all sectors of the cultural community who are digitizing and networking cultural resources." |
| Norsam Technologies HD-Rosetta Archival Preservation Services | "Norsam's High Density Rosetta (HD-Rosetta) provides analog storage of information and images on nickel plates that last for thousands of years. HD-Rosetta is patented worldwide by Norsam under exclusive license from Los Alamos National Laboratory. " |
| OCLC Copyright Workshop | "Over the last decade, libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives have been developing the skills and expertise to create digital libraries of primary source materials. Many of the major barriers to digitization and web access to primary resources have been removed, and technical solutions have been found for many problems. However, the main issue that continues to trouble us is copyright and the ownership and use of intellectual property." |
| Online Archive of California | "A core component of the California Digital Library, the Online Archive of California (OAC) is a digital information resource that facilitates and provides access to materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and works of art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across California. The OAC is available to a broad spectrum of users -students, teachers, and researchers of all levels. Through the OAC, all have access to information previously available only to scholars who traveled to collection sites." |
| Quincy's Granite Legacy | "In 1999 the Library began a digital imaging project of materials related to the granite industry in Quincy. The project is funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant under the direction of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commisioners. The goal of the grant is to provide world-wide electronic access to researchers and interested parties of this significant local history material. Preservation and physical integrity of the original items is also assured by this project. As Quincy is known as the 'Granite City,' it is appropriate that this material be the subject of the digitizing project." |
| PADI: Preserving Access to Digital Information | "PADI is a subject gateway to digital preservation resources." |
| RLG DigiNews | "Produced for RLG by the Cornell University Libraries Department of Preservation and Conservation, RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly Web-based newsletter focused on issues of vital interest to managers of digital initiatives. Now in its sixth year of publication, RLG DigiNews provides filtered guidance and pointers to relevant projects, improving awareness of evolving practices in image conversion and digital archiving, while featuring announcements for related publications (in any form) that will help staff attain a deeper understanding of digital issues." |
| Washington State Library Digital Best Practices | "This site will guide you through the major decision points in planning a digital project by offering you several categories of information to consult and pointing you to a variety of resources." |
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