Digitizing Flat Media

Joy M. Perrin is the Digital Resources Librarian at Texas Tech University where she is the head of the Digital Resources Unit. Her experience with digital collections spans 9 years and includes work in the Digital Library Initiatives Team where she got experience planning digital projects, experience managing the libraries' digital lab, and working with digital library systems and metadata.

• List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: The Principles for Starting a Digitization ProjectChapter 2:Principles for Different Material TypesChapter 3: ScannersChapter 4: Other EquipmentChapter 5: Digital File BasicsChapter 6: Software and ProcessingChapter 7: Metadata in PracticeChapter 8: Digitization Project Planning PrinciplesChapter 9: A Digital Collection’s Life After DigitizationIndexAbout the Author

Her book is written for people at all levels of experience with digitization who are, or will be, in the process of digitizing flat media such as books, maps, slides, papers, posters, micro formats, etc. This is evident in Perrin’s writing style, which veers away from overly technical jargon, preferring simpler language. The book is designed to help readers discover the best possible options when considering a digitization project. Also, because most large-scale digitization endeavors are linked to grants or donors, the book can be used to help staff have a realistic vision of the costs and length of a project when writing grant proposals.... The book attempts to cover all the bases, but, if the reader is seeking more information, a bibliography is at the end of each chapter. There is also an index in the back of the book. Anyone involved in ongoing digitization projects will find this book useful. It covers the digitization process from its early planning stages to managing the collection after digitization. Perrin is correct regarding the scarcity of similar books now on the market. So those who currently have (or will in the future) an ongoing digitization program at their academic institution, governmental department, or private company may consider this to be the go-to book at the moment.