Please excuse cross posting:

In 2011, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services 
Preservation and Reformatting Section charged a task force to develop 
guidelines for libraries digitizing content with the objective of 
producing digital products that will endure. The intent of this document 
was to build off past works. The authors reviewed previous research, 
practices at over 50 organizations, and samples of digitized works to 
determine a recommendation of minimum specifications for sustainable 
digitized content. The recommendations are not intended to dictate 
specific technical specifications at any given institution, but rather a 
floor that should not be dropped below. This draft was the result of the 
task force's work. It is now up for general comment before it is 
published in its final version.

Please take the time to review the document and comment. The comment 
period will end on December 31, 2012. Comments will then be reviewed, 
incorporated into the document, and a final version will be published 
shortly thereafter.

The document can be found here: http://connect.ala.org/node/185648

Thank you,
Ian Bogus



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Ian Bogus
MacDonald Curator of Preservation
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
3420 Walnut Street, Room 220
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
T. 215.573.1376
F. 215.898.0559
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-- 
Ian Bogus
MacDonald Curator of Preservation
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
3420 Walnut Street, Room 220
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
T. 215.573.1376
F. 215.898.0559
[log in to unmask]