From: Linda West < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Subject: RLG DigiNews
The February 2004 issue of RLG DigiNews is now available at
<URL: http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/ >
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<URL: http://www.rlg.ac.uk/preserv/diginews/ >
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<URL: http://www.ohio.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/ >
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Volume 8, Number 1 includes:
��� Feature Article 1
������� Digitizing the World's Largest Collection of Natural Sounds:
������� Key Factors to Consider when Transferring Analog-Based Audio
������� Materials to Digital Formats
���������� Robert W. Grotke
��� Feature Article 2
������� Editor's Interview - Digital Preservation Coalition: An
������� Interview
����������� Maggie Jones
��� Feature Article 3
���� The Bits and Bites of Data Formats: Stainless Design for
���� Digital Endurance
����������� Andreas Aschenbrenner
��� Highlighted Web site: The Apache Cocoon Project
��� FAQ: Handwriting Recognition for Historical Documents, by
��� Richard Entlich
RLG News : Continuing RLG Forum Series - To Have and To Hold:
��� Metadata and Institutional Repositories
Now in its eighth year of publication, RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly
web-based newsletter intended to:
��� *�� Focus on issues of particular interest and value to managers
������� of digital initiatives with a preservation component or
������� rationale.
��� *�� Provide filtered guidance and pointers to relevant projects
������� to improve our awareness of evolving practices in image
������� conversion and digital preservation.
��� *�� Announce publications (in any form) that will help staff
������� attain a deeper understanding of digital issues.
For more information about RLG or RLG's preservation community,
please contact Robin Dale < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >.
