DIGITIZATION RESOURCES 

This section provides resources related to digitization. 

Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI), https://www.digitizationguidelines.gov 

GitHub, open-workflows for A/V archiving, https://github.com/amiaopensource/open-workflows?tab=readme-ov-file 

Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage Network, Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage: A How-To Guide, https://www.canada.ca/en/heritage-information-network/services/digitization/guide-digitizing-intangible-cultural-heritage.html 

Government of Canada, “Digitization Guidelines”, https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/services/government-canada/information-disposition/disposition-government-records/multi-institution-disposition-authorizations/Pages/digitization-guidelines.aspx 

Indigitization Toolkit, https://www.indigitization.ca/toolkit/ 

National Heritage Digitization Strategy, Digital Preservation File Format Recommendations, https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/pch/CH57-4-9-2019-eng.pdf 

NEDCC Digital Imaging Resources, https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/digital-imaging-resources 

Québec Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire, "Guide de gestation d'un project de numérisation", Guide de gestion d’un projet de numérisation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, https://siarchives.si.edu/what-we-do/digital-curation/digitizing-collections 

Sustainable Heritage Network, “Digitization Planning”, https://sustainableheritagenetwork.org/digital-heritage/digitization-planning 

York University Libraries, Digitization Best Practices, https://www.library.yorku.ca/web/locations-and-spaces/library-spaces/dsc/digitization-best-practices/ 


Training :

Self-Guided Curriculum for Digitization, https://dp.la/news/new-self-guided-curriculum-for-digitization/ 

NEDCC Online Preservation Training, https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/training-currentlist 


The AMA Education Committee organized an all-day workshop on digitization on 29 February 2016. Some resources from the workshop are available below.

Bass - preservation slides - AMA digitization workshop 2016.pdf

Johnson - metadata - AMA digitization workshop 2016.pdf

Johnson - standards - AMA digitization workshop 2016

Lougheed - project planning - AMA digitization workshop 2016.pdf

Petrowski - access - AMA digitization workshop 2016.pdf


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