This document, created by the US Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI), defines work activities relating to the digitization of cultural heritage materials and presents a generic sequence of high-level activities for planning and management purposes.
The intention is to outline a generic sequence of high-level activities for planning and management purposes. In this document, a conceptual outline that accommodates most digitization approaches is presented, but one that acknowledges all steps may or may not apply, may occur in different sequences, or may occur simultaneously depending on the type of project and the context of the digitization. The activities described and the general sequencing of the work processes were identified using project management outlines from a number of organizations that had significant experience with the digitization of cultural materials.
The approach is based on a variety of project management outlines from a number of organizations that had significant experience with the digitization of cultural materials. It divides digital workflow processes into four main phases: Project planning, Processes occurring prior to digitization, Digital conversion and Post-digitization work. In each phase, library/archival issues, imaging and conversion work, and IT infrastructure issues are addressed.