Research Catalog

Title

Digitizing your community's history : the innovative librarian's guide / Alex Hoffman.

Author

Hoffman, Alex, 1986-

Publication

Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]

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Details

Description

viii, 140 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

" Follow the blueprint in this book to launch a library DIY community history digitization program--one that provides the access and fosters engagement with patrons to sustain the program over time. Takes readers through establishing local history digitization projects at the community level from start to finish, providing guidance on how to set up, maintain, and sustain ongoing digitization projects. Describes how to train library users for digitization--instructions that are also applicable for including volunteers in digitization projects. Explains how creating a DIY history digitization project can provide a community benefit and serve as a form of outreach that also enriches a library's local history collection"--

Series Statement

Innovative librarian's guide series

Uniform Title

Innovative librarian's guide.

Subject

• Libraries and community
• Local history materials > Digitization
• Public services (Libraries)
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Collection Development

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The basics -- Getting started -- What to digitize -- The equipment -- The digitization process -- Storage and backups -- Tech instruction -- Programs, display and access -- The future of digitization -- Review.

ISBN

• 9781440842405
• 144084240X

LCCN

^^2015050728

OCLC

• 946276276
• SCSB-12513567

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library