| Data capture |
involves the manual data
entry (word processing), optical character recognition
(OCR), imaging or recording required to convert the
resource into digital form. Different media require
different media standards for their capture.
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| Data processing |
may be required to ensure the digital
resource is suitable for storage, display or retrieval.
For example, text may require conversion of special
characters or close editing, images and sounds may need
enhancement, amplification or compression, or a
collection of numeric data may need to be structured for
entry into a database.
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| Digitization |
refers to the process of translating a
piece of information such as a book, sound recording,
picture or video into bits. This digitization process can
be accomplished through a variety of existing
technologies, and may comprise any or all of the
following steps:
- creation: the making of digital copies of
analogue objects or the modification of original
digital objects for purposes of dissemination;
- dissemination: the provision of mechanisms
by which the target population of users can gain
access to the digitized material in the
collection; and
- organization: the provision of search
tools and finding aids for the user to access the
collection of digitized or conventional objects
effectively.
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| Encryption |
the coding of data for privacy
protection or security considerations when transmitted
over telecommunications links, so that only the person to
whom it is sent can read it.
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| Information holdings |
includes all information under the
control of a government institution, regardless of
physical mode or medium in which such information may be
stored. Without restricting the generality of the
foregoing, this may include correspondence, memoranda,
books, plans, maps, drawings, diagrams, pictorial or
graphic works, photographs, films, microforms, sound
recordings, videotapes, machine readable records,
published material, and any other documentary material.
Excluded from the definition are materials held by
federal libraries which were not prepared or produced by
or for the government.
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| Internet |
a vast international network of networks
that enables computers of all kinds to share services and
communicate directly.
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| Metadata |
information which describes information
in a structured fashion. A card catalogue is a form of
metadata. New metadata schema for electronic resources
include the Dublin Core and the Government Information
Locator Service.
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| Published material |
refers to an information product which
has been created and edited for the purpose of
distribution or sale. Material published by or for
government institutions is deposited in federal library
collections.
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| Profile |
a document which defines the schema used
for a particular application or database.
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| Scalable |
refers to the ability of something to
successfully accommodate growth in some domain. |
