Basic procedures for selection of documents for digital conversion: Elements of professional training in sections of two public federal universities

Abstract

This article comments on part of the results of technical consulting done at Centro de Memória e Documentação, Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa (2003) and at Divisão de Informação e Prospecção Tecnológica, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia (2004). The common element of the two consulting works was a technical training course on digital conversion of collections. The main aspects about selecting documents for digitization are discussed. It is shown that even renowned institutions face problems on professional training in digital conversion of collections.