About Dig4E

About Dig4E

The primary goal of Dig4E is to bridge the gap between technical standards for digitization and the practical knowledge required in the cultural heritage sector. The complexities of existing standards and guidelines for digitization, combined with the importance of technical metadata, present significant challenges for libraries, archives, and museums.

Audio-visual heritage faces existential threats due to outdated technology and fragile media. Dig4E addresses these challenges through three learning modules focused on:

• Still image digitization
• Audio digitization
• Videotape digitization

Our approach is guided by established guidelines and standards from organizations like the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) and the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA).

People Involved

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor Paul Conway
University of Michigan School of Information

Technical Consultants

• Carl Fleischhauer, Library of Congress (retired)
• Don Williams, Image Science Associates

Expert Advisory Group

• Tanya Clement, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Texas at Austin
• Mats Dahlstrom, Senior Lecturer, Swedish School of Library and Information Science
• Bertram Lyons, Partner and Senior Consultant, AVPreserve
• Will Prentice, Vice-chair, Training & Education Committee, International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
• Katherine Wisser, Associate Professor, School of Information and Library Science, Simmons University
• Dan Zellner, Production Coordinator, Repository and Digital Curation, Northwestern University Libraries

School of Information Contributors

• Dr. Charles Severance, Clinical Professor
• Erin Annis, Research Intern
• Aaron Cheng, GitHub Designer
• Jordan Gorzalski, Web Designer
• Elizabeth Popiel, Research Intern

Contact

Email: [email protected]