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Scaling up digitisation
To deliver the digital content that people expect and to maximise access, we need to increase the digitisation of our collections and implement optimal business models. We have an opportunity to expose and make accessible our ‘long tail' by digitising the unique and special format resources we keep as part of our role in preserving community memory.
We need to demonstrate the economic benefits of mass digitisation, to make the business case for a significant national investment strategy and to develop policy frameworks to assist prioritisation at a national and collaborative level.
This project will have two parts. The first part will show the economic value of mass digitisation of our unique and heritage collections, the second part will explore best practice ways of managing digital collections. The options for management will examine partnership and collaborative opportunities, storage and repository options, integration of digitisation into all workflows and services, digital lifecycles and ongoing digital preservation, intellectual property, and the value of thematic and other approaches to digital projects.
Some of the aims for this Project have been addressed by the National Library of Australia and the National Library of New Zealand. Please see the Resources section for links to their work.
Resources
- National Library of Australia – Digitisation of Heritage Materials Training Package
- National Library of New Zealand - Selecting Content Guidance
- National Library of New Zealand - Creating Digital Content
- National Library of New Zealand - Describing Digital Content
- The Framework for Good Digitisation in New Zealand
- RLS Digitisation Wiki