Digital Curation Projects Made Easy: A Step-by-Step Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

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Digital Curation Projects Made Easy: A Step-By-Step Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums outlines simple steps for accomplishing practical digitization and digital preservation projects for those with little experience, time, and/or resources. Following a general introduction, instructions for completing these commonplace digital curation projects are covered: Photograph collections Newspaper collection Rare books Art Collections Oral Histories Digital curation does not need to be reserved for big budgets or world-famous collections. In fact, a large part of digitization and digital preservation consists of practical projects that are done every day without much fanfare in libraries and archives around the world.

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"This guide offers practical information and tips for heritage institutions interested in preserving and providing digital access to their historic treasures. In addition to basic information about digitization, digital presentation, and curation, Cowick (a preservationist at Preserve This) explains fundamental concepts and presents advantages of digitizing." * CHOICE *

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Carmen Cowick is the director of preservation services at Preserve This, where she provides training, support, and consulting services for libraries in the areas of preservation and collections care. Cowick has had several articles published in peer-reviewed journals and has given presentations at both regional and national professional conferences on preservation-related topics.