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Ronald Milne - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Google Mass Digitisation Project at Oxford
    LIBER Quarterly, 2006
    Co-Authors: Ronald Milne
    Abstract:

    For most of the 400 years of the Bodleian Library's existence, users have had to travel to Oxford to use its collections. In recent years, Oxford has undertaken a number of focused, 'boutique' Digitisation Projects. Now, as a partner in the Google Library Project, an immense range of scholarly and other 19th century out-of-copyright library materials from the Bodleian's collections will be digitised en masse and will be made freely available over the internet to anyone who has Web access. Millions of books and journals will be scanned in the course of the Project and the author contends that Digitisation on such a scale represents a revolution in the dissemination of information that parallels the impact of the invention of printing from moveable type in the 15th century.

  • Upholding Bodley’s vision: the Google mass Digitisation Project at Oxford
    Art Libraries Journal, 2006
    Co-Authors: Ronald Milne
    Abstract:

    For most of the 400 years of the Bodleian Library’s existence, users have had to travel to Oxford to use its collections. In recent years, Oxford has undertaken a number of focused, ‘boutique’ Digitisation Projects. Now, as a partner in the Google Library Project, an immense range of scholarly and other 19th-century out-of-copyright library materials from the Bodleian’s collections will be digitised en masse and will be made freely available over the internet to anyone who has web access. Millions of books and journals will be scanned in the course of the Project and the author contends that Digitisation on such a scale represents a revolution in the dissemination of information that parallels the impact of the invention of printing from moveable type in the 15 th century.

  • upholding bodley s vision the google mass Digitisation Project at oxford
    Art libraries journal, 2006
    Co-Authors: Ronald Milne
    Abstract:

    For most of the 400 years of the Bodleian Library’s existence, users have had to travel to Oxford to use its collections. In recent years, Oxford has undertaken a number of focused, ‘boutique’ Digitisation Projects. Now, as a partner in the Google Library Project, an immense range of scholarly and other 19th-century out-of-copyright library materials from the Bodleian’s collections will be digitised en masse and will be made freely available over the internet to anyone who has web access. Millions of books and journals will be scanned in the course of the Project and the author contends that Digitisation on such a scale represents a revolution in the dissemination of information that parallels the impact of the invention of printing from moveable type in the 15 th century.

Elizabeth Anne Melrose - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The North Yorkshire Unnetie Digitisation Project: From an idea to an opportunity
    New Library World, 2004
    Co-Authors: Elizabeth Anne Melrose
    Abstract:

    There are well‐funded national schemes that involve cross‐domain partnerships, linking archives, libraries and museums. The North Yorkshire Unnetie Digitisation Project (www.northyorks.gov.uk/unnetie) is a much smaller co‐operative Digitisation undertaking. It started with very little experience of collaboration with partners, less funding and originally no idea of the process. Helped by the New Opportunities Fund and Resource, the library service is working with a County Record Office, a museum and a local history society to digitise the little‐known archive of a local photographer to provide a searchable Web site of images alongside several storylines illustrating life in the region in the mid‐twentieth century. The Project team has been supported by these partners, overcoming lack of knowledge and various obstacles, such as the lack of commitment on the part of the IT developers. The benefits of working with colleagues were immeasurable and the relationships that have been built up will continue. This experience shows that what is needed is enthusiasm, energy, perseverance and the will to talk to associates in the same field.

Susan Jephcott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Why digitise? Principles in planning and managing a successful Digitisation Project
    New Review of Academic Librarianship, 1998
    Co-Authors: Susan Jephcott
    Abstract:

    This paper builds on workshops delivered by the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) to assist anyone considering a Digitisation Project. Benefits to user communities are cited to demonstrate the value of going digital, before the practical work involved throughout the lifecycle of the Project is outlined. Planning needs to address what should be digitised and how, covering issues such as selection, preparation, capture, storage, retrieval and distribution of the data. Implementation should include a pilot study to test decisions about standards and best practices. Questions about data preservation and re‐use require consideration, and evaluation procedures need to be put in place from early on in the Project plan. Planning needs to take account of the inter‐relationship of decisions throughout the Project cycle. Expertise within the UK higher education community is available to help a Project team through some of the complex choices which need to be made. The article contains two case studies to suppo...

Irene Guidotti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Vera Bradford Collection: A Digitisation Project
    2019
    Co-Authors: Irene Guidotti
    Abstract:

    International Association of Music Libraries, Archives & Documentation Centres (Australian Chapter) Conference Melbourne 2019The Vera Bradford Collection: A Digitisation ProjectVera Bradford (1904-2004) was a celebrated Australian pianist, and contributed much to Australian music as a performer, a teacher and a promoter of Australian composers. She won a scholarship to study with Percy Grainger in Chicago, gave the first Australian performance of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto and was the first woman to perform the Brahms D minor Piano Concerto in Australia. Vera Bradford donated her music collection to the State College of Victoria in 1978, which later became Monash University Library’s Peninsula branch. The collection was named the Vera Bradford Music Collection and contains books on the history of music, scores and sheet music, librettos, and orchestral sets. The collection has continued to grow, with donations from local Peninsula music groups, Defence Force Bands and other materials purchased by the State College of Victoria.In 2018 Monash University Library commenced reordering and digitising the Vera Bradford Collection, comprising scores donated by the pianist in 1978 as well as donations from individuals and musical groups in the Frankston area to make these items available to the wider research community and general public. This short talk outlined the Digitisation plan and processes involved, touching upon the constraints, the solutions adopted, and the opportunities to make these valuable and unique items more accessible to students and researchers, and thereby contribute to making Vera Bradford better known to the worldwide community.The Vera Bradford Collection online: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.1/1404337

  • the vera bradford collection a Digitisation Project
    2019
    Co-Authors: Irene Guidotti
    Abstract:

    International Association of Music Libraries, Archives & Documentation Centres (Australian Chapter) Conference Melbourne 2019The Vera Bradford Collection: A Digitisation ProjectVera Bradford (1904-2004) was a celebrated Australian pianist, and contributed much to Australian music as a performer, a teacher and a promoter of Australian composers. She won a scholarship to study with Percy Grainger in Chicago, gave the first Australian performance of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto and was the first woman to perform the Brahms D minor Piano Concerto in Australia. Vera Bradford donated her music collection to the State College of Victoria in 1978, which later became Monash University Library’s Peninsula branch. The collection was named the Vera Bradford Music Collection and contains books on the history of music, scores and sheet music, librettos, and orchestral sets. The collection has continued to grow, with donations from local Peninsula music groups, Defence Force Bands and other materials purchased by the State College of Victoria.In 2018 Monash University Library commenced reordering and digitising the Vera Bradford Collection, comprising scores donated by the pianist in 1978 as well as donations from individuals and musical groups in the Frankston area to make these items available to the wider research community and general public. This short talk outlined the Digitisation plan and processes involved, touching upon the constraints, the solutions adopted, and the opportunities to make these valuable and unique items more accessible to students and researchers, and thereby contribute to making Vera Bradford better known to the worldwide community.I coordinated the Project since 2017 and it is still ongoing.The Vera Bradford Collection online: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.1/1404337

Michael R. Middleton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Library Digitisation Project management
    1999
    Co-Authors: Michael R. Middleton
    Abstract:

    The application of Project management techniques to produce the digital component of hybrid libraries is reviewed. Elements of Project management are identified, along with their employment for Digitisation procedures. Implementation of such procedures within a Project management framework at a number of Australian institutions is outlined. Some Project management principles are proposed.