Best practices, standards and techniques for digitizing library materials: A snapshot of library digitization practices in the USA

Online Information Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 338-345

  Liu, Yan Quan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Document image processing; Electronic media; United States of America

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

ELECTRONIC MEDIA; INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE; TECHNICAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 9144221528     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520410564262     Document Type: Article

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