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Title: Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives by Anne R. Kenney, Oya Y. Rieger ISBN: 0-9700225-0-6 Publisher: Research Libraries Group Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $114.29

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: The best digital imaging book money can buy!
Comment: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives which appeared in 1996 quickly became a bible for all of us embarking on or carrying out digitization projects in the late 90s, and Moving Theory into Practice looks set to outshine the excellence of the former volume. 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 has assembled a most impressive array of contributors -- many of the leading players in the digital library field, in fact. Some of the aspects which are particularly valuable are the treatments of legal and strategic issues, and the emphasis on the move from projects to programmes and services. Welcome, too, is the discussion of other forms of surrogates, and the cost/benefit analyses of different methods. I cannot praise this volume too highly -- it is certain to become the key resource for anyone planning digitization and digital library projects in this decade, from senior managers to junior librarians. There is much here for everyone!

Rating: 4
Summary: Moving Theory into Practice
Comment: 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. It challenges us all to think critically about what we want and how to get it. 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