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  • Author(s): Chapman, Stephen
  • Source:
    Library Technology Reports. Sep/Oct2004, Vol. 40 Issue 5, p7-12. 6p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      DIGITAL libraries; LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC information resources; INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems; LIBRARY science; INFORMATION technology; DIGITIZATION; DIGITIZATION of library materials
    • Abstract:
      This article outlines a framework that should be ideally in place before digitization in libraries. The most efficient workflows follow specifications that convert collections once. Among all digital product choices that are available, the best are the ones that fit the needs of the library's audience and the library's infrastructure. Catalog records, structural metadata, text files for searching, and digital images for display all should be produced in formats known to the database, storage, and delivery applications that the institution has invested in or is about to purchase. Library administrators should beware of choosing formats that prove to be incompatible with downstream applications to manage and deliver catalog records and digital reproductions.