Digitization Resources

Mining In Idaho, Fred Clubb Collection, 72-12-61a

These resources were collected for the purposes of educating the staff and volunteers of other libraries and historical societies who are getting started on digitizing their items. An example that this site would be relevant towards would be if your agency has 25 negatives or photographic prints from 1920 that you would like the world to see. If that is the kind of situation that you have, then these resources are for you.

You may view our web exhibit by clicking here: http://history.idaho.gov/collectionsMining home

And our digital collections are available here: http://idahohistory.cdmhost.com

Some images are on Flickr at: http://flickr.com/photos/idahohistory

Idaho Digital Initiatives Group: http://idig.lili.org/

Standards

Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices

Developed in 2003, this document was the first to become adopted by Idaho and is a comprehensive document on digitization. This was later updated by the Best Practices below.

http://www.bcr.org/cdp/best/wsdibp_v1.pdf

BCR's CDP Digital Imaging Best Practices

These best practices are the most comprehensive and cover the type of scanners to buy to file naming conventions.

http://www.bcr.org/cdp/best/digital-imaging-bp.pdf

Idaho State Historical Society File Type Quick Guidelines (derived from the above standards)

Word document; Acrobat format

Education

Northeast Document Conservation Center

Upcoming Conferences:

http://www.nedcc.org/education/conferences/pom2008/pombroc.php

Upcoming Online Courses:

http://www.nedcc.org/education/online.php

Webjunction

Courses are free for Idahoans affiliated with libraries. These courses range from transferring digital video to metadata.

http://www.webjunction.org

Metadata (Data about Data)

IDIG Metadata Best Practices

The Idaho Consortium group's guide to best practices.

http://idig.lili.org/files/idig/IDIG%20metadata%20best%20practices.doc

Dublin Core

Dublin Core is one of the metadata schemas that we use for assigning metadata to digital objects. See this site for in depth and comprehensive specifics on Dublin Core. ContentDM uses primarily Dublin Core.

http://dublincore.org/

Controlled Vocabulary for Subject

Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (TGM) is from the Library of Congress (LOC). This controlled vocabulary helps you consistently learn the proper words to assign to images and digital artifacts.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/

Search TGM

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/

Claremont Colleges Digital Library Metadata Best Practices

Learn about the best practices for using these metadata elements.

http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/inside/CCDLmetadata.pdf

Curriculum Resources

Library of Congress Lesson Plans and Activities

Find lesson plans, curriculum activities and more!

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

Using Documents to Teach from the National Archives and Records Administration

http://www.archives.gov/education/

Specific Lesson Plans based on type of Primary Source Document

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/

• Written Document Analysis
• Artifact Analysis
• Map Analysis
• Photograph Analysis
• Sound Recording

 

Idaho State Content Standards

http://www.sde.idaho.gov/ContentStandards/ssstandards.asp

Primary Source Investigation (Source: Library of Congress)

This Word document was created by LOC but has Idaho curriculum standards connections on the bottom of the page; Acrobat format

Examples

From the Library of Congress, a digital collections page for every state.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/statememory/

 

Compiled by Amy Vecchione December 10, 2008