31. Elements
The collection must:
Be organized by category/tag
Include information about the scope of the
materials
Include information about the institution
33. Resources
Expensive digital library software: Content
DM
Free software that requires some tech skills/
staff: WordPress.org, Omeka
Free software that requires very little setup:
WordPress.com, Blogger
34. Resources
Custom domain name: approximately $15/
year
Self-hosted website (WordPress.org, Omeka):
approximately $120/year
Additional storage space on hosted website
(WordPress.com, Blogger): $2.49/month and
up (25 GB)
35. Software Resources
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software:
$100 and up (Abbyy)
Online editing software to crop images: Free
(Picmonkey.com)
36. I Recommend:
Choosing a small, interesting collection
Discussing image sharing policy
Scanning the items
Backing up the images
37. I recommend...
Starting easy
Selecting a hosted website, like Blogger (you
can always move your content later)
Keeping your images backed up in a variety of
ways (USB hard drives, online storage
accounts)