DIGITAL FUTURES

Raise issues that will allow to make correct decisions

Raise awareness of issues that can make or break a digital project

Objective:

Considerations of a Digital Project

How to Preserve? Future Uses?

Preservation?

Who’s the Audience?

Access via Internet? How?

What to Scan? All Part?

What is the Project Objective?

Audience Expectations

How complete? Effort?

If I build it, will they come?

Preservation?

Access via Internet? How?

Wat is the Project Objective?

Audience Expectations

Requirements of a Digital Project

Standards

Standards

Standards

Best Practice for Standardization

• Archival standards: ISAD(G), ISDIAH, ISAAR-CPF, DACS….

• Digitization (format, PPI)

• File naming

• Long-term digital preservation (LTDP) (OAIS, PREMIS)

• Data exchange: EAD

PRINT MATERIAL

Source Material to Digital File / Microfilm to Digital File

Standards for Digital Image Capture

Material Type News Papers Manuscripts Books / Documents Jacket Maps Photographs

Master / Preservation Images

Target File Bi-Tonal Greyscale Color Greyscale Color Bi-Tonal Greyscale Color Color Greyscale Color Color Color

Format TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF TIFF

Resolution/DPI 300/400 300/400 400-600 300 400-600 300 300 400 300 400 600 600 600

Bit Depth 1-bit 8-bit 24-bit 8-bit 24-bit 1-bit 8-bit 24-bit 24-bit 8-bit 24-bit 24-bit 48-bit

Compression None None None None None None None None None None None None None

Color Mode - - RGB - RGB - - RGB RGB - RGB RGB RGB

Criteria standard Tabloid,

magazine

standard standard If w images standard standard When high

quality

required

Secondary / Production Images

Format TIFF/JPEG2K/

JPEG

TIFF/JPEG2K/

JPEG

TIFF/JPEG2K TIFF/JPEG2K TIFF/JPEG2K TIFF/JPEG2K/

JPEG

TIFF/JPEG2K/

JPEG

TIFF/JPEG2K TIFF/JPEG2K TIFF/JPEG2K TIFF/JPEG2K TIFF/JPEG2K TIFF/JPEG2

K

Resolution 300 DPI 300 DPI 400 DPI 300 DPI 400-600 DPI 300 DPI 300 DPI 400 DPI 300 DPI 400 DPI 400 DPI 600 DPI 600DPI

Compression LZW/ CCITT-4 LZW/ LZW/ LZW/ CCITT-4 LZW/

Image

Processing

De-skew

De-speckle

Crop to edge

De-Skew

De-Speckle

Crop

De-Skew

De-Speckle

Crop

De-Skew

De-Speckle

Crop

De-Skew

Crop

Presentation / Access Images

Format JPEG/PDF JPEG/PDF JPEG/PDF JPEG JPEG JPEG/PDF JPEG/PDF JPEG/PDF JPEG/PDF JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG

Size

Thumbnail Images

Format JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG

Size 150x150

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Project # 1 Project # 2

Digitize 100,000 pages Digitize 100,000 pages

6 months 300,000 NIS

14 months 500,000 NIS

001.Tiff 002.Tiff 003.Tiff 004.Tiff 005.Tiff

GF_0015-01_001_0001.Tiff GF_0015-10_001_0002.Tiff GF_0015-10_002_0001.Tiff GF_0015-10_025_0543.Tiff GF_0034-00_001_0002.Tiff

GF_0015-01_001_0001.Tiff GF_0015-10_001_0002.Tiff

001.Tiff 002.Tiff 189.Tiff

Project # 1 Project # 2

Digitize 100,000 pages Digitize 100,000 pages

6 months 300,000 NIS

14 months 500,000 NIS

GF_0015-01_001_0001.Tiff GF_0015-01_001_0002.Tiff GF_165-02_005_0189.Tiff

OAIS (Open Archival Information System) A reference model for long-term preservation of digital assets. PREMIS (PREservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies)

Archive Network Israel Project

• ISO 1551 (ISIL) - International Standard identifier for archives (link)

• Adoption of ISAD(G), ISDIAH • EAD for data exchange between archival

institutions – EADi • אתר הפרויקט - שותפים

EADi (EAD-Israel)

Conclusions

• Use accepted standards

• Implement best practices to ensure best possible

• Digitization

• Long-term digital preservation

• Data sharing and exchange

• End-user access

Chezkie Kasnett +972-54-307-5321 chezkiek@nli.org.il

2 Approaches

Take Risks

Don’t take risks

Risks

Trademark

Copyright

Privacy

Slander

Ensure status of copyright

Adopt a strategy

Perform due-diligence

Document due-diligence

Get permits, agreements in writing!

Control end user usage

Insurance

Know the law

Know who and when to ask

How do we minimize risk?

“Reasonable people adapt themselves to the

world; Unreasonable people try to change the

world to fit their fantasies. Therefore, all

progress is thanks to unreasonable people”

Engage the crowd User feedback promotes discussion and thinking

So what do we want to know?

• What is the size of the audience?

• Who is the audience?

• Where is the audience?

• How does our audience use its time?

• How much of this time is dedicated toward being our

audience?

• What material interests our audience the most? The least?

Feedback Surveys Work groups Monitor the crowd