Digital Assets and Databases

This list of resources is curated by the Digital Library Federation in partnership with the Council on Library and Information Resources, for the benefit of cultural heritage professionals planning projects involving the digitization of rare and unique materials.

• Digitizing Special Formats Wiki, Digital Library Federation, CLIR

2. The Collection Management System Collection

This crowd-sourced spreadsheet of digital asset and collection management systems lists whether various criteria are met by the system. It is a good starting point for selecting a DAM or CMS for your institution.

• The Collection Management System Collection

3. Examples of Digitization Workflows and Equipment

Washington, DC Public Libraries MemoryLab Equipment and Workflow Guides for their public digitization labs.

• Examples of Digitization Workflows and Equipment

4. Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials Wiki, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials Wiki from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offers one of the more comprehensive guidelines for digitization of archival materials, including technical specs, file naming standard for different formats, and guidance on editing of scans in Photoshop. The guide comes with illustrations of some of the work, and examples of file naming options. Also, there is a representation of the fire directory structure used for digitized materials at UTC.

• Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials Wiki, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga