Van Deventer, Martha J2009-08-122009-08-122009-07van Deventer, M. 2009. Selective digitisation of information: the CSIR’s strategy for a sustainable effort. 1st International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives, Addis Ababa, 1-3 July 2009, pp 28http://hdl.handle.net/10204/35241st International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives, Addis Ababa, 1-3 July 2009Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s digital preservation strategy and future plans for digital preservation effort are outlined. Guidelines and best practices for digitisation are already available, but the digitisation project requires experienced labour; and depending on the volume and size of the items to be digitised the equipment for digitisation can be expensive. Born digital documents are archived in the organisation’s institutional repository Research Space, which uses DSpace as a repository application. A scientific collection such as the South African diatom collection, which includes sample bottles, microscope slides, sheets analysis, books and maps, has also been digitisedenDigital preservationInformation disseminationDigitisaion strategyDSpaceResearchSpaceDiatomsSouth African diatom collection1st International Conference on African Digital Libraries and ArchivesConference PresentationVan Deventer, M. J. (2009). Selective digitisation of information: the CSIR’s strategy for a sustainable effort. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3524Van Deventer, Martha J. "Selective digitisation of information: the CSIR’s strategy for a sustainable effort." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3524Van Deventer MJ, Selective digitisation of information: the CSIR’s strategy for a sustainable effort; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3524 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Van Deventer, Martha J AB - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s digital preservation strategy and future plans for digital preservation effort are outlined. Guidelines and best practices for digitisation are already available, but the digitisation project requires experienced labour; and depending on the volume and size of the items to be digitised the equipment for digitisation can be expensive. Born digital documents are archived in the organisation’s institutional repository Research Space, which uses DSpace as a repository application. A scientific collection such as the South African diatom collection, which includes sample bottles, microscope slides, sheets analysis, books and maps, has also been digitised DA - 2009-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Digital preservation KW - Information dissemination KW - Digitisaion strategy KW - DSpace KW - ResearchSpace KW - Diatoms KW - South African diatom collection KW - 1st International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 T1 - Selective digitisation of information: the CSIR’s strategy for a sustainable effort TI - Selective digitisation of information: the CSIR’s strategy for a sustainable effort UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3524 ER -