Get the current research and insightful case studies Technological
advances and innovative perspectives constantly evolve the notion of
what makes up a digital library. Archives and the Digital Library
provides an insightful snapshot of the current state of archiving in
the digital realm. Respected experts in library and information
science present the latest research results and illuminating case
studies to provide a comprehensive glimpse at the theory,
technological advances, and unique approaches to digital information
management as it now stands. The book focuses on digitally
reformatted surrogates of non-digital textual and graphic materials
from archival collections, exploring the roles archivists can play in
broadening the scope of digitization efforts through creatively
developing policies, procedures, and tools to effectively manage
digital content. Many of the important advances in digitization of
materials have little to do with the efforts of archivists. Archives
and the Digital Library concentrates specifically on the developments
in the world of archives and the digitization of the unique content
of information resources archivists deal with on a constant basis.
This resource reviews the current issues and challenges, effective
user assessment techniques, various digital resources projects,
collaboration strategies, and helpful best practices. The book is
extensively referenced and includes helpful illustrative figures.
Topics in Archives and the Digital Library include: A case study of
LSTA-grant funded California Local History Digital Resources Project
Expanding the scope of traditional archival digitations projects
beyond the limits of a single institution A case study of the
California Cultures Project The top ten themes in usability issues
Case studies of usability studies, focus groups, interviews,
ethnographic studies, and web log analysis Developing a reciprocal
partnership with a digital library The technical challenges in
harvesting and managing Web archives Metadata strategies to provide
descriptive, technical, and preservation related information about
archived Web sites Long-term preservation of digital materials
Building a trusted digital repository Collaboration in developing and
supporting the technical and organizational infrastructure for
sustainability in both academic and state government The Archivists'
Toolkit software application Archives and the Digital Library is
timely, important reading for archivists, librarians, library
administrators, library information educators, archival educators,
and students.
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