Digitising History - Section 1.3

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	Digitising History CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION
	1.3 Outline The guide is divided into eight chapters. Chapter 2 offers guidance about effectively designing and managing a data creation project. Chapter 3 focuses on the process of transferring historical source documents into digital form and designing a database to hold the digital information; it also encourages data creators to think carefully about the relationship between the sources and the database. Chapter 4 takes a more technical focus and concentrates on the question of data formats and preservation, explaining how to ensure that a digital resource can be preserved without significant information loss. Chapter 5 stresses the importance of thoroughly documenting a data creation project, and describes the elements essential to good documentation. Chapter 6 describes the benefits of archiving data and includes a guide to depositing data with the HDS. Chapter 7 contains a glossary of terms and a bibliography of recommended further reading.
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