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Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre
Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/51265 Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre Van Deventer, Martie Pienaar, Heila Kahsay, Kiflom Michael Information Technology UCTD Sustainability digitization Eritrean Research and Documentation Centre (ERDC) Heritage collections Digitization policy, guidelines, manuals Valuable collections Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This piece of work reflects on the state of digitization at the Eritrean Research and Documentation Centre (ERDC) which manages several valuable heritage collections. The purpose of the research was to evaluate the current selection process followed when digitizing these collections and to advise on the sustainability of a digitization programme. The recommendations captured as part of the research will be used to prepare a digitization policy as well as to develop essential guidelines and manuals necessary at the start of a sustainable digitization initiative. The research followed a qualitative approach and a case study research design was adopted. A thorough literature study was conducted to identify appropriate procedures for digitizing valuable collections, the associated challenges and to find solutions to these problems. The core purpose of the literature was to inform the research on how an institution can sustainably digitize its collections. In-depth interviews were then conducted with ERDC managers and the current operations staff. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from the ERDC employees. Seven managers and operations staff of the digitization program were purposively selected for interviews. During the interviews the following were addressed: the policy, selection criteria, processes, challenges and solutions for digitization constraints. The main goal of the interviews was to understand the current digitization progress at the ERDC and to then compare these findings with the available literature. The research data were analysed to identify themes/ related issues that would need to be addressed. These themes were used to develop recommendations to share with ERDC. The recommendations specifically address the digitization policy, critical challenges, required resources, selection issues, standards and formats, workflow, quality control, access to users and evaluation of the digitization programme. nn2026 Information Science MIT Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities 2016-01-26T13:00:12Z 2016-01-26T13:00:12Z 2016-04 2015 Mini Dissertation Kahsay, KM 2015, Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre, MIT Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51265> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51265 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Information Technology UCTD Sustainability digitization Eritrean Research and Documentation Centre (ERDC) Heritage collections Digitization policy, guidelines, manuals Valuable collections Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre |
| title | Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre |
| title_full | Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre |
| title_short | Sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the Eritrean Research Documentation Centre |
| title_sort | sustainable digitization of valuable collections owned by the eritrean research documentation centre |
| topic | Information Technology UCTD Sustainability digitization Eritrean Research and Documentation Centre (ERDC) Heritage collections Digitization policy, guidelines, manuals Valuable collections Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-11 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51265 |