Taiwan Experience in Digital Archive : A Brief Introduction to Digitization Procedures Guideline Pengsheng Chiu Associate Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica March 16, 2011

Outline  Introduction for Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program （ TELDAP ）  Structure for Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project  Goals for Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project  About Digitization Procedures Guideline  Structure for Digitization Procedures Guideline  Content in Digitization Procedures Guideline  Future of Digitization Procedures Guideline

Timeline of Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP )

Goals for Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program

Structure for Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program T E L D A PT E L D A P T E L D A PT E L D A P Research and Development for Digital Archives and e-Learning Technologies Project Core Platforms for Digital Contents Project Academic and Social Promotions and Applications for Digital Archives and e-Learning Project Technique Application Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project Content TDAEP Industrial Development and Promotion of Digital Archives and e-Learning Project Digital Education and e-Learning Project e-Learning for Chinese Language Project International Collaboration and Promotion of Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Project

Structure for Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project Palace Museum Taiwan University Academia Historica Taiwan Historica Central Library Chinese Taipei Film Archive Archives Administration C. Indigenous Peoples C. Hakka Affairs Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council Six Thematic Groups Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project The Digital Archives Request-for-Proposal Project Institutional Projects for the Research and Establishment of Digital Collections Institutional Projects for the Research and Establishment of Digital Collections The Establishment and Integration of Digital Contents Project

Divisions in Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project Strategy planning Digitization Request for content and evaluation Goals Taiwan Digital Archives Expansion Project Other Institutional sub-projects The Establishment and Integration of Digital Contents Project The Digital Archives Request-for-Proposals Project Institutional Projects for the Research and Establishment of Digital Collections Other Request-for-Proposals Project Quality control / Content selection

Plentiful Results About Digitization Procedures Guideline Balance Quantities of collections Quality Control

Planning of Digitization Procedures Guideline Digitization Procedures Guideline Questionnaires on Digitization Workflow Pictorial Digitization Guidelines Digitization Procedures Guideline English version all kinds of electronic documents e-Learning platform

Goals for Digitization Procedures Guideline Target Readers  executive and user 1 2  Institutions Government University/College Museums  To use as manual for popular digitization works  Help readers to produce digitization results with certain quality  Online resource for e-Learning  Private Private Organizations Foundations Private Collectors Goals 2

Structure for Digitization Procedures Guideline Digitization Procedures Guideline Mutual Concept Selected Objects Cover the major concepts of digitization works 1 1 Cross digitization objects 2 2 Combine actual experiences from every projects 3 3 Create as the structure of guideline 4 4 Macro vision of digitization Aimed at all sorts of digitization objects 1 1 Cross all thematic groups 2 2 Combine actual experiences from every projects 3 3 Solid information about all objects 4 4 Advanced ways of digitization

Productions of Digitization Procedures Guideline CeramicsPhotography Map & GIS Outsourcing Management Color Management Archives Painting & Calligraphy Journals & Newspapers String-Bound Books Project Planning Integrated Operation Procedures Mineral Specimens Underwater Video Slide & FilmSeal & Imprint Archaeological Data Vascular Plants Linguistic Corpora Audio-Visual Objects Image Data Folk Cultural Artifacts Shell Specimens Stone and Bronze Rubbings Microfilm Chinese Classics Full-text Architecture Mutual Concept Selected Objects

Example of Digitization Procedures Guideline 1 PDF ：  Basic concepts  Cameras  Scanners  Monitors  Printing  Image Editing and color management

Example of Digitization Procedures Guideline 2 PDF ：  Digital Workflow  Preparations  Procedures of digitization  Intellectual Property Protection  Metadata and Database  Analysis of equipments and costs

Example of Digitization Procedures Guideline 3 PDF ：  Digital Workflow  Preparations  Procedures of digitization  Metadata and Database  Outsourcing  Intellectual Property Protection  Analysis of equipment and costs

Future of Digitization Procedures Guideline English Version  Published String-Bound Book Painting and Calligraphy Ceramics  Publishing in May, 2011 Color Management Integrated Operation Procedures Archaeological Data Linguistic Corpora Seal & Imprint

Future of Digitization Procedures Guideline Online Resources  Official Site  e-Books （ e-pub Format ）  Google Books

Future of Digitization Procedures Guideline e-Learning Platform  Target users Executives for digitization works Interest in digitization technology and information Members in TELDAP Random users  Main goals Providing users a platform with efficiency and diversity Utilize the online resources in a more sufficient way Extension for the digitization procedures guideline

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