The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) has released the first publication of OITP Perspectives, a new publication series created to complement OITP Policy Briefs. The publication, 'Digitizing Hidden Collections in Public Libraries,' was written by Gwen Glazer, staff writer/editor and social media coordinator at Cornell University. Glazer also served as the Google Policy Fellow for OITP in summer 2010.
According to OITP Director Alan Inouye, the purpose of the new series is to provide an outlet for topics that are more specialised than those covered by policy briefs. OITP Perspectives publications will be intended for primary digital release.
Glazer's piece offers an overview of digitisation challenges facing small and medium-sized libraries, presents options for large-scale digitisation projects, and suggests ways to share newly created digital collections.
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