Tag: Margot Note
In-house and Outsourced Archives Digitization
Digitization can be performed either in-house or outsourced. In-house implies that a department of the institution captures the images—supplying hardware and software, trained personnel,...
Values to Consider During Selection for Digitization
Selection practice in most archives is aimed at meeting the current needs of user communities. Criteria developed by archives to select items for digitization...
Metadata for Archival Collections: Challenges and Opportunities
Metadata is one of the significant costs of digitization. Although archival items can be digitized without cataloging, a digital collection cannot be created and...
Image Description Practices for Digital Archives Projects
Formal standards, such as Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS), Graphic Materials, and Rules for Archival Description (RAD), have been developed over time for...
Metadata Best Practices
Metadata is structured data about data, information that facilitates the management and use of other information. The function of metadata is to provide your...
The Current State of Description for Archives
In July 1945, Atlantic Monthly published “As We May Think,” by army scientist Vannevar Bush, an essay that had an immense influence on the...
Why Digital Archives Expand Access and Awareness
I was once the director of an archival collection related to historical buildings around the world. From Babylon to Bauhaus, the collection held just...
Staffing and Collaboration for Digital Archival Projects
Staffing needs for digital projects depend on the project’s size and complexity. Training existing staff members to work on digitization projects is a critical...
Three Fundamental Digital Preservation Strategies
July 9, 2018 by Margot Note, CA, CRM
Digital files exist simply as data until they are rendered by application software, operating systems, and hardware...