AvoinGLAM/Recommendations for digitizing images
This page is a draft guideline for non-institutional contributors for creating high quality digital assets for public use.
Before digitization[edit]
Researching the data about the object[edit]
- Record information in institutional context
- Rights information
- Provenance
- Content description
- Contextual information
- Information about the physical object
- Location data
Clearing rights[edit]
Grouping and prioritizing[edit]
Planning and checking the process and equipment[edit]
- Training
- Selecting the equipment
- Calibration of the equipment
Technical choices[edit]
Scanning vs photographing[edit]
File formats[edit]
Quality[edit]
Taking publishing channel requirements into account
Principles of openness[edit]
Knowledge is open if anyone is free to access, use, modify, and share it — subject, at most, to measures that preserve provenance and openness.
Open license or status[edit]
Open access[edit]
Machine readability[edit]
Open format[edit]
Documentation[edit]
References[edit]
Literature[edit]
Laustela, Virve; Tahvanainen, Harri (2014-04-08). "Erilaisten valokuva-aineistojen digitointi: suositukset ja työnkulku" (PDF) (in Finnish). Valokuvataiteen museo.
"Digitointi". Suomen Kotiseutuliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-16.
"Digitointi | Kansalliskirjasto". www.kansalliskirjasto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-16.
"Home - Digital Preservation Handbook". www.dpconline.org (in en-gb). Retrieved 2022-08-16.