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Digitizing Collections: Metadata for Preservation

A guide for digitizing collections for access and preservation.

Workflow

Planning
Selection
Digitizing materials
Processing files, creating master and access files
Metadata creation or re-purposing
Digital preservation of master files
Presentation of access files in an online content management platform

Metadata for Preservation

Metadata for preservation is created using PREMIS the international standard for metadata to support the preservation of digital objects.

Understanding PREMIS
An introduction to the PREMIS data dictionary for preservation metadata, an overview of what it is and how it is used.
PREMIS - Preservation Metadata schema

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