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ISBN: 0-9700225-0-6 April 2000 189 p., illus. + color plates $80.00 + s/h charge $72.00 to RLG members charging to their RLG account (LI) California sales tax applies to orders within the state Table of Contents Order now	Winner of the 2001 Society of American Archivists' Waldo Leland Gifford Award   Moving Theory Into Practice by Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger "Kenney and Rieger have joined authoritative and informative essays with practical advice and case histories from dozens of digital imaging projects world wide. This book is a "must read" for any librarian or archivist tackling a digital imaging project." —Roy Tennant, Digital Library Project Manager, University of California, Berkeley and Creator, Current Cites "What makes this book so good? Beyond its many virtues — well-researched, well-written, well-presented, relevant — is a simple principle: present the best technical knowledge currently around, but know that technical knowledge is not enough. This book says that digitisation is all about decisions. By laying before us a wealth of approaches, insight, and wisdom, it stimulates us to recognise the decisions we have to make, while helping us to think them through." —Colin Webb, Director, Preservation Services Branch, National Library of Australia "This work is an honest, clear, well-written, and realistic appraisal of all aspects of the digitization process — the cons as well as the pros. It is informed, hardheaded, and certain to become the key resource for anyone planning digitization and digital library projects in this decade, from senior managers to junior librarians." —Marilyn Deegan, Digital Resources Manager, Refugee Studies Center, University of Oxford
This new publication from RLG is a self-help reference for libraries and archives that choose to reformat cultural resources to digital image form. Moving Theory into Practice advocates an integrated approach to digital imaging programs, from selection to access to preservation, with a heavy emphasis on the intersection of institutional, cultural objectives and practical digital applications.
The work is a timely and valuable reference for funders, managers, librarians, archivists, curators, system analysts, programmers, administrators, faculty, and other scholars. It focuses on an interdependent circle of considerations associated with digital imaging programs in cultural institutions. It addresses issues of concern to many key players and stakeholders in such imaging initiatives. It provides vital guidance in a complex arena, bringing to bear the contributions of more than 50 experts.
Complementing the book's nine chapters, some thirty sidebars highlight major issues, point out pertinent research trends, and identify relevant emerging technologies and techniques. From decision-making, to sound practices, to turning projects into sustainable digital programs, Moving Theory into Practice provides a wealth of balanced information and counsel.
On August 30, 2001, the Society of American Archivists presented its Waldo Gifford Leland Award "for writing of superior excellence and usefulness in the field of archival history, theory, or practice" to Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger of Cornell University for Moving Theory into Practice. Established in 1959, the award is named for one of North America's archival pioneers and SAA's second president. Writing about this award, the SAA Web site notes: "Digital projects have become the expectation at most of institutions where archivists are confronted with the challenge of taking on these new access tools and integrating them with other operations. Ms. Kenney and Ms. Rieger's publication provides the answers and ... will be on the active reference shelf of every institution contemplating or constructing digital projects. "Moving Theory into Practice covers the broad range of issues from a conceptual point of view and also provides a wealth of practical information in the form of benchmarks, case studies, and other contributions from leading practitioners of digital imaging for archival and library collections. The book is well written, clearly designed, and easy to follow. Ms. Kenney and Ms. Rieger have earned the gratitude of the archival profession for their authoritative, informative and timely work."

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