Resources

See also the list of Copyright Resources

Search for existing digitized items

https://books.google.com/
https://www.hathitrust.org/
https://archive.org/
https://dp.la/

Omeka, Dublin Core & Metadata

Omeka (download for self-hosting) - https://omeka.org/

Omeka (hosted site - free trial) - https://www.omeka.net/

Omeka documentation - https://omeka.org/classic/docs/ and https://omeka.org/classic/docs/Content/Working_with_Dublin_Core

Preservation

Library of Congress Digital Preservation - http://digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/

American Institute for Conservation - Caring For Your Treasures (all kinds of items)

Northeast Document Conservation Center - https://www.nedcc.org/preservation101/welcome (select topics from sidebar) and Caring for Private and Family Collections

Software & services used in SCKLS DLI projects

Adobe Photoshop Elements + Premiere Elements (bundle) - photo and video editing - Techsoup for nonprofits

ABBYY FineReader - optical character recognition (OCR) - software or online service by subscription

Naturpic Video Converter - video file conversion - https://naturpic.com/video-converter/index.html (free download)

Vimeo - video hosting for online display/embedding - https://vimeo.com (free and fee service levels)

StereoPhoto Maker - create 3D anaglyphs from stereo paired images - https://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/  (free download)

Open source software alternatives

GIMP - photo editing software - https://www.gimp.org/

OpenShot - video editing software - https://www.openshot.org/

HandBrake - video conversion software - https://handbrake.fr

Audacity - audio editing software - https://www.audacityteam.org/

Cognitive OpenOCR (CuneiForm) - optical character recognition software - https://cognitive-openocr-cuneiform.en.softonic.com/