Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 16:41:19 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: BEST PRACTICES: LESSONS LEARNED IN NATIONAL DIGITAL
LIBRARY COMPETITION
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
SEPTEMBER 22, 1998
DIGITIZATION LESSONS LEARNED IN FIRST ROUND OF
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/AMERITECH NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY COMPETITION
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award/lessons.html>
This webpage is a very useful survey of some of the lessons learned from
the 1996-97 winners of the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital
Library Competition, based on the tracking reports of implemented projects.
Below I reproduce the introduction to the webpage.
David Green
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"LC/Ameritech award winners from the first round of the competition have
already learned many lessons about digitization projects. To help other
award-winners and applicants take advantage of this experience, the
competition staff have summarized, extracted, and paraphrased points from
some of the six-monthly reports submitted by awardees.
"The extracts are organized by topics that correspond to required sections
of the application:
* Formats and Specifications for Digital Reproductions
* Production Workflow and Project Management
* Intellectual Access
"Links from project titles are to descriptions of the projects prepared by
competition staff when awards were made. In several cases, links from those
pages lead to web-based presentations of proposals, previews, or the
resulting digital content by the awardee institutions."
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David L. Green
Executive Director
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington DC 20036
www-ninch.cni.org
david@ninch.org
202/296-5346 202/872-0886 fax
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