This site is a collaborative effort by federal agencies formed as a group in 2007 to define common guidelines, methods, and practices to digitize historical content in a sustainable manner. Recognizing that the effort would require specialized expertise, two separate working groups were formed with the possibility that more tightly focused groups might be necessary as the work progressed. The Federal Agencies Still Image Digitization Working Group will concentrate its efforts on image content such as books, manuscripts, maps, and photographic prints and negatives. The Federal Agencies Audio-Visual Working Group is focusing its work on sound, video, and motion picture film.
Announcements
New Document Available - Newly approved Gap Analysis document now available.
NIST On Board
- We are pleased to announce that The National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) is now participating in this initiative and will be involved in both the
Still Image and Audio Visual working groups.
Current Documents
Gap Analysis - Approved
(April 17, 2009)
Digital Imaging Framework - Approved
(April 2, 2009)
News & Events
Presentation
Michael Stelmach and Carl Fleischhauer presented an overview of the federal agencies initiative at the IS&T Archiving conference on
May 7, 2009.
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You can provide feedback on all documents currently out for public review and comment by click on this link.
Last Updated: 06/11/2009