August 2002 Issue of RLG DigiNews is Now Available

From: Robin Dale (Robin_Dale@NOTES.RLG.ORG)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 00:34:47 CDT

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     The August, 2002 issue of RLG DigiNews is now available at

     http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/
          (from North American, and other world sites) or

     http://www.rlg.ac.uk/preserv/diginews/
          (from UK Janet sites) or

     http://www.ohio.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/
          (from most European sites)

    The August 2002 issue includes:

    Volume 6, Number 4

    Feature Article 1: Why the Archives Introduced Digitisation on Demand, by Ted Ling

    Feature Article 2: Digitizing Historic Newspapers: Progress and Prospects, by Marilyn Deegan

    Highlighted Web Site: Fedora: Developing an Open-Source Digital Repository Management System

    FAQ New Web Domain Names, by Peter Botticelli

    Special Focus: Book Scanners and Cradles: Links to Products and Reviews, by Stephen Chapman

     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 (mailto:Robin.Dale@notes.rlg.org).

     Robin L. Dale
     RLG Member Programs & Initiatives
     1200 Villa Street
     Mountain View, CA 94041-1100

     Ph: +1 (650) 691-2238
     Fax: +1 650.964.0943
     Email: mailto:Robin.Dale@notes.rlg.org

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