A recording of the online workshop on digitizing community history collections. Stuart Hinds, Web Content Developer for the Johnson County Library (KS), gives an overview of the digitization process, insights into what works, and lessons learned, followed by a rich question and comment session with the live audience. Size: ~6 MB

Preservation covers a wide range of activities: repairing the physical damage to well-used materials; transforming physical materials into digital format; or preserving the historic record or other notable resource collections.

This document represents the efforts to develop best practices guidelines for providing metadata both useful to the local community and suitable for harvesting externally.

A standard resource in maintaining a current collection, this has been revised and updated by Jeanette Larson. This version has been updated and revised by a Texas librarian in 2008 and suitable for small and medium-sized public libraries.

The Illinois State Library has funded a number of digital imaging grants for a variety of projects in Illinois. We will be periodically spotlighting one of those projects on this page.

The Illinois State Library has funded a number of digital imaging grants for a variety of projects in Illinois. We will be periodically spotlighting one of those projects on this page.

The Illinois State Library has funded a number of digital imaging grants for a variety of projects in Illinois. We will be periodically spotlighting one of those projects on this page.

How the Hannibal (MO) Free Public Library made its unique history available to the town--and the world.

A tour through the practicalities of adding digital books to your library's collection.

This checklist is a series of questions that will help identify the inefficiencies of your technical services processes and methods for streamlining them.