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<big>'''UA Libraries Digital Services Planning and Documentation'''</big>

==Administrative Policies and Procedures==

'''[[Mission Statement and Scope]]'''

'''[[The Big Picture]] or "What are we trying to do here?" '''

'''[[Selection Policies and Procedures|Selection]]'''

'''[[Preservation]]'''

'''[[Requests_for_Scans|Scan on Demand]]''' and '''[[Requesting_Copy_of_Digital_Image|Requesting a Copy of a Digital Image]]'''

'''[[Alterations_To_Online_Content|Alterations to Online Content]]'''

'''[[Human Resources|Human Resources and Student Worker Policies]]'''

'''[[Supplies and Purchasing]]'''

==Organization==

'''[[Organization of documents and collections|Documents and Collections]]'''

'''[[Share_Drive_Protocols|Share Drive]]'''

'''[[Records of Progress!]]'''

'''[[Database Tracking]]'''

'''[[Prepared Desktops]]'''

==Digital Services Policies and Procedures==

'''[[Digitization]]''' and '''[[Quality Control]]'''

'''[[Matching]]''' - "Books" vs. "Letters" : how to create secondary scans from digitized book pages when metadata exists for pages of the book as independent intellectual items.

'''[[Metadata]]''' and '''[[Diacritics]]''' - how to manage diacritics issues in terms of MODS creation/metadata remediation.

'''[[Server-Side Work]]'''

'''[[Transcripts]] and [[Creating OCR Files]]'''

'''[[Workflow]]'''

==Miscellaneous==

'''[[Cabaniss]]''' - Information about "Digitizing the S. D. Cabaniss Papers," an NHPRC grant-funded project.

'''[[Acumen]]''' - Our web delivery software '''''[http://sourceforge.net/projects/acumendls/ released open source!!]'''''

'''[http://apps.lib.ua.edu/blogs/digitalservices/ Our Digital Services Blog!]'''

'''[[Command-line Work on Linux Server]]'''

'''[[Handling Archival Materials]]'''

'''[[Working with Microsoft Excel]]'''

'''[[Finding Things]]'''

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'''[[Wiki templates]]''' - if applicable, please use one of these in order to help standardize the organization of the most frequent types of pages

'''[[Collection-Specific Notes and Information]]'''

'''Mounting the S Drive and Printer Installation on Windows''' - [http://www.lib.ua.edu/wiki/digcoll/images/3/3e/Mounting-S-Drive-Windows.docx click here] for a handout.

'''[[DS Staff Training and Exploration Fronts]]''' - an information space used to identify and track new or novel uses of digital archiving technologies, tools, and resources.

'''[[Training Needs]]''' - a running list identifying topics for monthly DS training sessions.

== Useful Resources ==

* '''[[Scripts]]'''

* '''[[Learning Resources for Digital Services Staff]]'''

* [[Copyright Issues]]

* [[Conference Reports]]

* [[Presentations and Publications]]

* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/regions1.html A controlled vocabulary reference for regions of the United States]

* [http://framework.niso.org/ NISO: A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections]

* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/about/techIn.html LOC: About American Memory: Technical Information]

== Wiki Reference Guides ==

* MediaWiki text [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples examples]

* How to [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page create a new page]

* MediaWiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Introduction HELP]

* '''[[Sandbox]]''' - a place to practice MediaWiki formatting. Please delete all sandbox tests before logging out.

* Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]

* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]

* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_tools Wikipedia Tools] - tools for converting Excel sheets to Wikipedia tables, etc. and more.

== In Progress ==

 

 

 

 

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=== Interesting Links ===

<span class="plainlinks">[http://acumen.lib.ua.edu Acumen]</span>

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<span class="plainlinks">[https://apps.lib.ua.edu/blogs/digitalservices Check out the Digital Services Blog]</span>