The U.S. Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) group has released an updated version of their guidance document Digitization Activities - Project Planning and Management Outline [PDF].The November 2009 version from FADGI's still image subgroup is marked version 1.0. FADGI's description of the report:
The aim of this document is to define activities relating to the digitization of original cultural materials, and to outline general steps for planning and management of this process. The activities described in this document address library/archival issues, imaging and conversion work, and IT infrastructure issues in particular, and were identified using project management outlines from several organizations with significant experience working with cultural materials. This document defines "digitization" as a complete process, and covers all project components from content selection through delivery of digitized objects into a repository environment.
FADGI, as decribed on its website, is "a collaborative effort by federal agencies formed as a group in 2007 to define common guidelines, methods, and practices to digitize historical content in a sustainable manner."
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