Professional paper
Preparation of the old newspapers for microfilming and digitization
Silvio Lebinac
orcid.org/0000-0003-3459-6001
; Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Preparation of the old newspapers for microfilming and digitization is a complex process due to the characteristics of the newspapers as serial publications, the characteristics of the paper they are printed on, and also the attempt to collect the complete publication in the process. The transfer of the content of the old newspapers on microfilm presumes defining clear criteria for selecting the materials, determining available technical and financial resources, and the trained staff. The paper analyzes the process of the preparation of newspapers as a set of procedures which are a part of the complete preservation of the old newspapers, in which the microfilm is used for the purpose of preservation and as an intermediate form before digitization. The aim of the preparation of the materials before microfilming is to record all volumes for all years, all issues and all pages in the issues, and to describe their shortcomings and damages. Along with the presentation of the preparation of old newspapers for microfilming at the Department of restoration and microfilming, the Department of restoration and micrography, National and University Library Zagreb, the article also presents the database in which the data on the microfilmed publications are preserved.
Keywords
old newspapers; preparation of the old newspapers; microfilming; digitization; database
Hrčak ID:
106555
URI
Publication date:
28.1.2013.
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