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Digitization Guidelines

One of the goals of NC ECHO is identification of standards and best practices for digitization. Development of the original guidelines involved the work of an advisory editorial board of 50 librarians, archivists, and museum professionals from across the state. The 2007 edition of the guidelines is available at http://www.ncecho.org/guide/toc.html.

Chapters of the guidelines are also available in Adobe PDF format for downloading:

Table of Contents (12 KB)
Acknowledgements (36 KB)
Introduction (240 KB)
Project Planning (240 KB)
Selection (228 KB)
Legal Considerations (308 KB)
Digital Production (404 KB)
Metadata (368 KB)
Digital Preservation (260 KB)
Presenting Your Digital Project (256 KB)
Targeting the K-12 Audience (260 KB)
Project Evaluation (232 KB)
Project Management (276 KB)
Resources (244 KB)
Glossary (248 KB)



North Carolina ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online, http://www.ncecho.org, is the World Wide Web doorway to the special collections of North Carolina's libraries, archives, museums, and historic sites.

The NC ECHO project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources (a state agency). Lisbeth C. Evans, Secretary, www.ncculture.com.

This innovative and collaborative project seeks to build a statewide framework for digitization in order to facilitate deep, wide, and comprehensive access to the holdings of North Carolina's cultural institutions. NC ECHO is sponsored by the State Library of North Carolina in cooperation with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Questions and comments may be directed to the NC ECHO staff.