Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative Update http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov New or updated materials available on the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative site. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:11:28 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss New Document Available http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/stillimages/documents/Planning.html The new "Digitization Activities - Project Planning and Management" document addresses activities relating to the digitization of original cultural materials, and outlines general steps for planning and management of this process. New guidelines available http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/stillimages/documents/categories.html New guidelines, "Content Categories and Digitization Objectives" now available, containing the Working Group's recommended specifications for digital reformatting of printed matter, manuscripts, and pictorial materials. <br> New document available http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/wave_metadata.html The most current version of the Broadcast WAVE Metadata document is now available for public comment. <br> <br> New document available http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/stillimages/documents/Gap.html The current Gap Analysis from the Still Image Working Group is now posted. Meeting notes now posted http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents.html Summary notes are now available from the February meeting of the Audio Visual Working Group. New Guidelines Available http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/stillimages/documents/tiff_metadata.html New guidelines available for TIFF Image Metadata - represents the latest recommendations for historical and cultural heritage digital imaging. Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative Update http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov See the new "Announcements" area with links to recently added material: a podcast on JPEG2000 by Rob Buckley of Xerox, and a slide presentation on digital video preservation formats by Carl Fleischhauer of the Library of Congress. <br> New Embedded Metadata Information for FADGI http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/stillimages/sub-embeddedcharter.html Embedded Metadata group charter added, containing objectives and expected outcomes for project. Two recent news items for FADGI http://digitizationguidelines.gov/news/index.html See the "news" section for the latest coverage of the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) collaboration. Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative Update http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov New or updated information available on the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative site.