December 1999 Issue of RLG DigiNews is Now Available

["Robin Dale" <Robin_Dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies for duplication.

The December, 1999 issue of RLG DigiNews is now available at

http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/
     (from North American, and other world sites)

http://www.rlg.ac.uk/preserv/diginews/
     (from UK Janet sites) or

http://www.rlg.ohio.org/preserv/diginews/
     (from most European sites) or


In addition to announcements, a highlighted web site and a current calendar of
events, the following is covered in the new December 1999 issue:

Volume 3, Number 6


CONTENTS

Feature Article
     Digitisation of Newspaper Clippings: The LAURIN Project        by G


ünter
Mühlberger
Technical Features
     The Digital Atheneum - Restoring Damaged Manuscripts by        W. Brent
Seales and James Griffioen
Conference Report
     Digital Preservation: A Report from the Roundtable Held      in Munich,
10-11 October 1999
Highlighted Web Site - Open eBook Initiative
FAQs - Developments in Display Technology



RLG DigiNews is a bimonthly web-based newsletter intended to:

 *  Focus on issues of particular interest and value to managers of digital
initiatives with a preservation component or rationale.
 *  Provide filtered guidance and pointers to relevant projects to improve our
awareness of evolving practices in image conversion and digital archiving.
 *  Announce publications (in any form) that will help staff attain a deeper
understanding of digital issues.


For more information about RLG or PRESERV, please contact
Robin Dale (Robin.Dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx).