Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Web Seminars | DuraSpace - Managing Preserving Audio & Video Digital Media

Good information to be had here about Audio and Video online collections.
Webinar 1: The Big Picture: Preserving Audio & Video Digital Media, May 16, 2012
Webinar 2: Creating Access to Audio & Video Digital Media: The Variations on Video Project & the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, June 6, 2012
Webinar 3: Describing Audio & Video Digital Media with Metadata, June 13, 2012


Web Seminars | DuraSpace

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Metadata Deluxe / Top 10 List of Embedded Metadata Properties

Here is a great resource from the Embedded Metadata work group of the Visual Resources Association.  Its crosswalks all the common fields in most web and photo software tools: Check it out!

Metadata Deluxe / Top 10 List of Embedded Metadata Properties

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Viewshare: Up Close and Personal With Your Digital Treasures

Very interesting blog post on what looks tobe a very useful tool for cultural collections needing ways to display their items.
Viewshare: Up Close and Personal With Your Digital Treasures

Monday, January 23, 2012

AIMS: Born-Digital Collections: An Inter-Institutional Model for Stewardship

The new challenge, Born-Digital. Here is a good review of best practices for all those, think public document archives, fine art collections and historical archives, responsible fore the care and protection of such articles.

AIMS: Born-Digital Collections: An Inter-Institutional Model for Stewardship

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Melissa Terras' Blog: Digitisation Studio Setup

Thanks to Simon Tanner and Melissa Terras for this succinct but complete description of a digital studio set up. I think you will find it very helpful.