Download or read book Preservation Microfilming written by Association of Research Libraries and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 1996 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide presents information on planning and managing microfilming projects, incorporating co-operative programmes, service bureaux and the impact of automation for library staff with deteriorating collections.

Download or read book Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Archival Materials for Electronic Access written by Steven T. Puglia and published by Digital Library Federation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Microfilming Records written by United States. National Archives and Records Service. Office of Records Management and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Double Fold written by Nicholson Baker and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2002-08-13 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country’s libraries–including the Library of Congress–have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and replacing them with microfilm copies that are difficult to read, lack all the color and quality of the original paper and illustrations, and deteriorate with age. With meticulous detective work and Baker’s well-known explanatory power, Double Fold reveals a secret history of microfilm lobbyists, former CIA agents, and warehouses where priceless archives are destroyed with a machine called a guillotine. Baker argues passionately for preservation, even cashing in his own retirement account to save one important archive–all twenty tons of it. Written the brilliant narrative style that Nicholson Baker fans have come to expect, Double Fold is a persuasive and often devastating book that may turn out to be The Jungle of the American library system.

Download or read book Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies written by Hugh F. Gingerich and published by Pequea Bruderschaft Library. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia for Amish genealogists is certainly the most definitive, comprehensive, and scholarly work on Amish genealogy that has ever been attempted. It is easy to understand why it required years of meticulous record-keeping to cover so many families (144 different surnames up to 1850). Covers all known Amish in the first settlements in America and shows their lineage for several generations. (955pp. index. hardcover. Pequea Bruderschaft Library, revised edition 2007.)

Download or read book The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club written by Old Edinburgh Club and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes for include Reports of the annual meetings.

Download or read book Digitizing Microfilm and Microfiche written by Ronald J Leach and published by Aftermath. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in this digital age, many libraries and small archives often use microfilm and microfiche to display important information. There are many types of devices for reading these media, and many ways to use and, unfortunately, misuse these technologies. Librarians and archivists are well-aware of the problems and, if they haven't done so already, are almost certainly considering digitization with its obvious advantages. Yet, there are many pitfalls. Digitizing Microfilm and Microfiche is intended for anyone who has to deal with the economics and technologies of a digitization project. The author, Ronald J. Leach, recently retired from a long-time career as a Computer Science professor, and has had considerable experience with multiple digitization projects for numerous organizations with a variety of systems. He had also worked on microfilm quality assessment for a government agency. Paperback and hardback copies of this short book may be kept as a reference for those libraries and archives that use microfilm and microfiche. These libraries and archives could also use digital editions of the same book on their local internal websites. The companion volume, User Guide to Microfilm and Microfiche, is intended for anyone who is just that, a user of these technologies.

Download or read book Why Digitize written by Abby Smith and published by Council on Library & Information Resources. This book was released on 1999 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is a response to discussions of digitization at meetings of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA). NHA asked the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to evaluate the experiences of cultural institutions with digitization projects to date and to summarize what has been learned about the advantages and disadvantages of digitizing culturally significant materials. Findings revealed that digitization often raises expectations of benefits, cost reductions, and efficiencies that can be illusory and, if not viewed realistically, have the potential to put at risk the collections and services libraries have provided for decades. One such false expectation--that digital conversion has already or will shortly replace microfilming as the preferred medium for preservation reformatting--could result in irreversible losses of information. This paper defines digital information; identifies weaknesses of digitization as a preservation treatment; discusses the benefits and drawbacks of digital technology for access; and highlights issues institutions must consider in contemplating a digital conversion project. (AEF)

Download or read book Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revoluntionary War written by Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of a Residence of Two Years and a Half in Great Britain written by Jehangeer Nowrojee and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Salem Massachusetts 1626 1637 written by Sidney Perley and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Township Books Kings County Nova Scotia written by Lorna Woodman Evans and published by Kentville, N.S. : Family History Committee of the Kings Historical Society. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aylesford, Cornwallis and Horton townships were the original three townships in Kings County.

Download or read book Index to the Woodrow Wilson Papers G O written by Library of Congress. Manuscript Division and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preservation of Library Archival Materials written by Northeast Document Conservation Center and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the basic, practical information needed to plan and implement sound collections care programs or incorporate preservation principles into an existing program.

Download or read book Digitizing Flat Media written by Joy M. Perrin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a concise guide to the nuts and bolts of converting flat media (books, papers, maps, posters, slides, micro formats, etc) into digital files. It provides librarians and archivists with the practical knowledge to understand the process and decision making in the digitization of flat media. Instead of having to learn by trial and error, they will get a well-rounded education of the practical aspects of digitization and have a better understanding of their options. This is the stuff they don’t teach you in school. People can be lured into thinking that all it takes to digitize something is a scanner and some metadata. This guide illustrates the practical aspects of digitization such as: the physical challenges of scanning books without cutting the spine, the differences between a “scanner” that uses a scanning head vs a “scanner” that uses a camera, the different options for workflow for digitized items, and the reasons for choosing one scanner over another for reasons other than price. Digitizing Flat Media: Principles and Practices is intended to give librarians and archivists the benefit a seasoned digitization professional guiding them and helping them figure out exactly what needs to be done when.

Download or read book Cataloging of Resources Digitized for Preservation written by Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center and published by Association of Research Libr. This book was released on 1999 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book IFYGL Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IFYGL is a program jointly sponsored by Canadian and U.S. National Committee for International Hydrological Decade for coordinated research into the physical, chemical and biological aspects of Lake Ontario to improve our understanding of the Lake and its basin.