BSBLIB506 Maintain Digital Repositories

Digitisation Equipment Scanning and Photography - Class Group Activities Refer to these sections of the Digital Collections Toolkit: http://www.digitalcollections.org.au/toolkit/digitise/scanning http://www.digitalcollections.org.au/toolkit/digitise/photography http://www.digitalcollections.org.au/toolkit/prepare/equipment-and-software In your group research Scanners. Select 2 scanners  that will perform this process to the standard outlined in the article. Include: Brand/Make Model Specifications File Types Resolutions available Special Features Price What items could you digitise with this equipment In your table group research cameras. Select 2 cameras  that will perform the photography process to the standard outlined in the article. Include: Brand/Make Model Specifications File Types Resolutions available Special Features Price What items could you digitise with this equipment Non-Print based items - Class Group Activity Audio/Video items Audio items include Records Tapes...

Over the past weeks we reviewed a number of different Digitisation policies and the associated Digital Repositories. This week we will continue with digitisation policies with the view to creating a policy for our own Digital Repository Assessment task/ To develop a digitisation policy, we need to know more about the process of designing and creating a digital repository. Purpose and Benefits Activity 1 Read the following article: 10 WAYS THAT DIGITAL ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS BENEFITS MILLIONS OF AUSTRALIANS What collections were mentioned in the article? What were some of the benefits? Criteria for Digital Preservation Activity 2 Read the following article: http://www.crl.edu/archiving-preservation/digital-archives/metrics-assessing-and-certifying/core-re What were the 10 characteristics that were identified? Building a repository Activity 3 Read the article: The Emperor's New Repository http://yalearchivalreadinggroup.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/92927244/...

 What is ContentDM CONTENTdm's end-user experience is freshly designed for phones, tablets and workstations. It allows you to easily build and showcase your digital collections on your personalized website, making them more discoverable to people around the world. CONTENTdm also secures and monitors your digital originals in a cloud-based preservation archive so they remain safe for the future. Be confident that all types of users can access your site because of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) compliance efforts. https://www.oclc.org/en/contentdm.html All CONTENTdm Support and Training Materials are available without a login at:  https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/CONTENTdm Setting up a collection To set up a collection as well as any other administrative tasks, you need to go to the server site https://server20088.contentdm.oclc.org/ To setup your collection, start with a Template. I'd recommend the My First Collection template. Follow the steps below: 1. Add ...