1. Opportunities & Obstacles: Prospects of Digital Assets

2. Objectives Sustainability Accessibility Preservation 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 2

3. Standards Dublin Core ISAD(G), Spectrum, MARC21 Master file Uncompressed TIFF, 450 dpi, 24 bits colour, 8bits Greyscale Dspace OAI-PMH Dublin Core Handle System Storage Server, LTO, Golden DVD 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 3

4. Metadata Metadata Record Administrative Technical Descriptive 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 4

5. Descriptive Metadata ISAD(G)Spectrum Dublin Core MARC21 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 5

6. Digitisation Principles  Best quality possible within constraints of size and projected use.  All images will be stored in a preservation master (PM) format which is full size and uncompressed.  Offline storage for the PM only.  Surrogates (VU, DL and TN) will be created for delivery from PM.  Documenting the digitisation workflow. 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 6

7. Repository Structure Sub- collection CollectionCommunity Special Collections Archives & MSS ArchivesManuscripts Bill Douglas Centre SlidesArtefactsFine Arts Rare books & Maps BooksMapsCHARTER 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 7

8. OFF-LINE IMAGE ARCHIVE Preservation Master ServerDVDLTO 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 8

9. CREATION OF SURROGATES Preservation Master PM Downloadable Version DL Viewable Version VU Thumbnail TN 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 9

10. File Naming Conventions Object Reference Archival object Reference No. EUL MS 207/2/12 MS207_2_12 MS207_2_12.tiff, MS207_2_12.jpeg Book Object Bibliographic No. b183779801 b183779801.tiff, b183779801.jpeg Bill Douglas Object Item No. 23732 BD023732 BD023732.tiff, BD023732.jpeg 20/02/2009Creating Heritage Artefacts for Research and Teaching in an E-Repository 10