New Digital Imaging Publication Available

["Lossau" <lossau _at__ mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de>]

<Subject: New Digital Imaging Publication Available>
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Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

die Lektuere der folgenden Publikation, die seit kurzem erhaeltlich 
ist, darf ich Ihnen waermstens empfehlen. 

Das Buch, herausgegeben von Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger (UB der 
Cornell University) baut auf dem ersten Standardwerk im Bereich 
der Digitalisierung von Anne Kenney und Stephen Chapman "Digital 
Imaging for Libraries and Archives" (Cornell University Library, 
1996) auf und beruecksichtigt die neuesten Erkenntnisse fuer alle 
Arbeitsschritte bei der Durchfuehrung eines Digitalisierungsprojektes, 
einschliesslich des Bereiches der Erschliessung (Metadaten).  Dabei 
steht die praktische Anwendung im Mittelpunkt ohne die theoretischen 
Grundlagen zu vernachlaessigen.

Mit freundlichem Gruss
Norbert Lossau

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[This message is being posted to several lists; please excuse any
duplication.] 
A well-regarded publication for digital imaging projects
and programs is now available: "Moving Theory into Practice: Digital
Imaging for Libraries and Archives," Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger,
editors and principal authors (Mountain View, CA: Research Libraries
Group, 2000). 189 pp., illus. ISBN 0-9700225-0-6 

Addressed to funders, managers, librarians, archivists, curators, 
system analysts, programmers, administrators, faculty, and other 
scholars, this new publication from RLG is a self-help reference for 
virtually any institution that choose to reformat cultural resources 
to digital image form. "Moving Theory into Practice" focuses on an 
interdependent circle of considerations associated with digital 
imaging programs in cultural institutions -- from selection to access 
to preservation --with a heavy emphasis on the intersection of 
institutional objectives and practical digital applications. The book 
is designed to provide timely guidance in a complex and changing 
arena, bringing to bear the contributions of more than 40 experts. 
Integrated with the book's nine chapters, some thirty sidebars 
highlight major issues, point out pertinent research trends, and 
identify relevant emerging technologies and techniques. 

"Beyond its many virtues -- well-researched, well-written, 
well-presented, relevant -- is a simple principle: present the best 
technical knowledge currently around, but know that technical 
knowledge is not enough. This book says that digitisation is all 
about decisions. ...It stimulates us to recognise the decisions we 
have to make, while helping us to think them through."" (Colin Webb, 
National Library of Australia) 

"This work is an honest, clear, well-written, and realistic appraisal 
of all aspects of the digitization process.... It is informed, 
hardheaded, and certain to become the key resource for anyone 
planning digitization and digital library projects in this decade." 
(Marilyn Deegan, University of Oxford)

 "...Authoritative and informative essays with practical advice and 
case histories from dozens of digital imaging projects world wide. 
This book is a 'must read' for any librarian or archivist tackling a 
digital imaging project." (Roy Tennant, University of California, 
Berkeley) 

More information and an online order form can be found at: 
(from North American and other world sites): 
http://www.rlg.org/preserv/mtip2000.html. (from UK Janet sites): 
http://www.rlg.ac.uk/preserv/mtip2000.html (from most European 
sites): http://www.ohio.rlg.org/preserv/mtip2000.html

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Dr. Norbert Lossau
Niedersaechsische Staats- und Universit?tsbibliothek Goettingen
	Leiter G?ttinger DigitalisierungsZentrum GDZ 
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