The demand from library users for audiovisual materials and remote access combined with the unceasing deterioration and inaccessibility of many audiovisual formats requires libraries to adapt their collections to meet current and future demands. While this changing landscape of digitization and resource management may seem daunting, it represents an opportunity to bolster a libraryâs relevancy and competitiveness.
Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources fills a gap as a single concise guide for real world basics, broad concepts, and practical needs from technologies to collections to promotion. The easy-to-read book is geared towards the ongoing management of digital audiovisual resources, presenting real world scenarios and ways to think through balancing all of the many factors and needs for these collections, dealing with limited resources, materials with different levels of significance, materials facing different levels of preservation risk, factors for decision making, and resources for other options.
The book takes a procedural and example-rich approach to the management of digital audiovisual resources. It covers:
the selection of resources for digitization; how to managedigitization of physical audiovisual collections; how to select the best platforms for preservation and presentation; and, how to market collections once they are accessible.Among other useful features, this guide will provide readers with:
Illustrated digitization workflows; Comprehensive lists and illustrated descriptions of equipment and formats;Real-world case studies;Common U.S. copyright situations; andResources for further study and assistance.
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Authored by an assistant professor and head of Special Collections and Digital Initiatives at Auraia Library, serving three academic institutions in downtown Denver, Colorado, this book offers a step-by-step guide to digitizing collections at any sized library or organization. From collection assessment before digitizing through dealing with the post-digitization collection, this work will guide librarians and other professionals through the process. Individuals with large collections seeking to digitize will also benefit from this book. Organized into eight chapters, the work begins with a discussion of the basics of managing digital audiovisual resources, followed by guidance in evaluating collections for what is there and to develop the collection in the desired direction. Next addressed are planning for digitization and managing digitization, including the selecting of equipment and applying standards. Presentation and access are next focused upon, followed by enhancement and promotion. The work ends with a chapter presenting essential takeaways and an index. Intended for the novice, there are numerous figures; six project starters; and lists of strengths and weaknesses of YouTube, Vimeo, Internet Archive, Katura, and Avalon; and a sample outline of a collection development policy.
