Digitization

• Copyright Issues for Libraries When Digitizing Materials for the Web
  A tip sheet for Michigan libraries

The following links relate to copyright issues for digitization projects:

• http://www.cdpheritage.org/digital/legal/copyright.cfm
  
• http://www.virtuallymissouri.org/guidelines/copyright_rev2.pdf
  
• http://www.ncecho.org/documents/3copyright.pdf
  
• http://www.kyvl.org/kentuckiana/bpguide/projectplans.shtml#22 

See also Report of the Digitization Subcommittee to the Michigan Library Digitization Task Force (December 2005).

Metadata for Digitized Objects
The following links relate to creating metadata records for digitized objects:

• Dublin Core
  
• General introduction to metadata
  
• Library of Congress core metadata elements
  
• Metadata guidelines
  
  • http://www.virtuallymissouri.org/guidelines/meta_rpt_draft.pdf
    
  • http://www.virtuallymissouri.org/guidelines/metaexamples.pdf
    
• Metadata standards article
  
• State projects and metadata
  • Colorado
    
  • Kentucky
    
  • Missouri
    
  • North Carolina
    
  • Ohio
    
  • Washington