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Forms and Manuals
  • Overall Workflow: This chart will give you an overview of the whole digitization process.
  • Selection: This document is used to keep track of which items are selected for digitization, record filename assignments, and note possible copyright/privacy issues or special handling instructions. The number of pages selected will automatically update if you use the "Field Update" command.
  • Capture:
    • Digitization Training Manual: This is the manual used for digitization training in USM's Special Collections Digital Lab. Some of the instructions will need to be modified for use in your repository to reflect different equipment and/or procedures.
    • Digitization Workflow Log: This document is one way to keep track of items throughout the digitization process.
    • Production Records: These documents record production information during imaging. They will need to be modified for use in your repository to reflect different equipment, software, and staff.
  • Metadata
    • Metadata Training Manual. This is the manual used for digitization training in USM's Special Collections Digital Lab.
    • Metadata Worksheet. This will be the form used for staff at participating repositories to record basic metadata for items in the Mississippi Digital Library. The form will be sent to the Metadata Librarian at USM for input into the database.
  • Copyright/Privacy permissions
    • Permissions workflow. This chart will give you an overview of the permissions process.
    • Permissions log. This document can be used to track copyright/privacy issues and their resolution. This one is set up for the collections at USM, but you can easily modify it for your own collections.

 


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