Digitization and Archives

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Canadian Council of ArchivesConseil canadien des archivesDigitization and ArchivesTable of ContentsDeclaration of Principles Concerning the Relationship of Digitizationto Preservation of Archival Records ........................................ ........................................ 1Decision Tree for Digitization Projects ........................................ ....................................2Sel ective Bibliography ........................................ ........................................ ........................6Case Studies ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ 8iiCanadian Council of ArchivesPreservation CommitteeOctober 2002Declaration of Principles Concerning theRelationship of Digitization to Preservationof Archival Records1Digitization is the transformation of analog information (from whatever form and fromwhatever support) to digital Preservation Committee of the Canadian Council of Archives supports the followingprinciples as a guide to the development of Digitization programs in Digitizati

12. The impact of a digitization program on the institution’s other public service activities (research room use, orders for copies, etc.) must be considered as a factor of

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