Digitization

From UA Libraries Digital Services Planning and Documentation

Documentation, policies and procedures are divided by methods of capture. General references:

• [LOC Technical Standards for Digital Conversion of Text and Graphic Materials]

Imaging

Image Specifications and Standards

Visual assessment of images guide

Capture Anomalies (how to deal with image quality issues encountered during capture)

Optimization

Equipment

• Desktop Overhead scanning (Small foot print, rapid image capture, low cost)
  • Camera Lenses (Specs, optimal settings)
  • Cameras (capabilities, idiosyncrasies)
• Flatbed scanning (small format, thin and flat)
• Batchfeed document scanner (fast, large volume, modern paper)
• Sheet feeder (unbound books, pages in good condition, appropriate size)
• Slide scanner (35mm slides or 35mm uncut roll negatives/positives)

Obsolete Equipment

• ScanBack overhead scanning (fragile, oversized, bound books)
• CaptureBack overhead scanning (fragile, oversized, bound books, rapid image capture)
• Bookdrive (bound books, rapid image capture)

Audio Capture

Audio Specifications and Standards

Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Audio: Project Specifications and Workflow -- see Collection-Specific Notes and Information

Other Types of Content

• Video (see references)
  • Standard 8mm
• Text
  • Transcription
  • OCR
• Microfilm (see references)

Microfilm References:
*[Microfilm Selection for Digitization (OCLC, NEH)]

Video References:  
*[Digital Migration Tools and Techniques (Stanford)] 
*[Audio/Video Capture and Management (NYU)]
*[Recommended Minimum Standards for preservation sampling of moving image objects (Rutgers)]
*[Guidelines, Manuals, Q&A's and Fact Sheets (Assoc. of Moving Image Archivists]