Preserving state government digital information:
Retrospective Digitization Resources
Overview
Many government records are currently born digital, however older records still exist in paper format. For various reasons, some agencies have digitized or are considering digitizing their paper records. The following white paper and resource list are intended to be an introduction to digitization and should help familiarize you with the many ideas that should be considered before a digitization project is undertaken.
White Paper
The white paper discusses the following concepts with respect to digitization...
- legal requirements
- cost justification
- in-house vs. outsourcing processes
- standard file formats
- resolution requirements
- file naming guidelines
- metadata and indexing
- storage options
- preservation strategies
- disposition of originals
- developing a long-term program
Resource List
To aid in discovery, the resource list is also divided up into the categories of...
- legal requirements
- cost justification
- in-house vs. outsourcing processes
- standard file formats
- resolution requirements
- file naming guidelines
- metadata and indexing
- storage options
- preservation strategies
- disposition of originals
- developing a long-term program
March 31, 2009
