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Data Digitisation
At a time when information and data are becoming an integral part of every organization, people have realized that paper records, books, and journals are not as handy or safe as
CD-ROMs. Information must be stored in such media that the storage is safe and the retrieval is quick. The age of Data Digitisation has begun.
Digitisation is the process by which physical or manual records such as text, images, video, and audio are converted into digital forms. This is of paramount importance when projects need directions based on already established facilities and the implementing agency needs to find the scope for expansion.
Digitised data offers the following benefits: Long term preservation of documents, orderly archiving of documents, easy & customized access to information, easy information dissemination through images & text, CD-ROMs, internet, intranets, and extranets
Application Areas
The digitising applications are rapidly evolving around the world as computers are becoming an essential office and home equipment. Libraries, Corporate, Government,
Armed Forces, Museums and Educational and Research organisations are looking at various efficient storage and distribution applications.
By linking local markets through digitization, technology has created the global market. It has flattened the hierarchy of business by cutting out inefficient layers and middleman, so that the producer can reach the consumer directly. It has also "empowered" the individual consumer and producer by increasing his access to information, his capacity to process that information and his capacity to reach out directly to other consumers and producers almost without restraint.
Some application areas of the digital technology are as follows:
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Books
Research Journals and Conference Papers
Annual reports and price list
Database archiving
Movies, Sounds and High quality image preservation
Electronic Catalogues & Brochures