AvoinGLAM/Recommendations for digitizing images
This page is a draft guideline for non-institutional contributors for creating high quality digital assets for public use.
Before digitization
editResearching the data about the object
edit- Record information in institutional context
- Rights information
- Provenance
- Content description
- Contextual information
- Information about the physical object
- Location data
Clearing rights
editGrouping and prioritizing
editPlanning and checking the process and equipment
edit- Training
- Selecting the equipment
- Calibration of the equipment
Technical choices
editScanning vs photographing
editFile formats
editQuality
editTaking publishing channel requirements into account
Principles of openness
editKnowledge is open if anyone is free to access, use, modify, and share it — subject, at most, to measures that preserve provenance and openness.
Open license or status
editOpen access
editMachine readability
editOpen format
editDocumentation
editReferences
editLiterature
editLaustela, Virve; Tahvanainen, Harri (2014-04-08). "Erilaisten valokuva-aineistojen digitointi: suositukset ja työnkulku" (PDF) (in Finnish). Valokuvataiteen museo.
"Digitointi". Suomen Kotiseutuliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-16.
"Digitointi | Kansalliskirjasto". www.kansalliskirjasto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-16.
"Home - Digital Preservation Handbook". www.dpconline.org (in en-gb). Retrieved 2022-08-16.