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Guidelines for Digitization of Archival MaterialNational Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has theprimary objective of using digital technology topreserve the manuscripts for posterity. NMM hasstudied the best practices being adopted in severaldigitization projects at national and internationallevel and after long consultation with experts in thefield has come up with the document that presentsguidelines of digitization. The guideline, titled‘Guidelines for Digitization of Archival Material’was prepared by a Technical Committee comprisingexperts in the fields of information technology andarchival matters from NIC, National Archives of India,IGNCA and NMM under the guidance of Director,NMM, Prof. Dipti S. Tripathi. The document was editedby Prof. Dipti S. Tripathi and released in book form on7th February, 2011.printed books, maps, photographs, slides, negatives,microfilms, etc. The guidelines specify factoraffecting image quality, file formats, storage andaccess standards for images.Guidelines for Digitizationof Archival MaterialIn this Guidenes, ‘digitization’ is defined in this way:“Digitization means acquiring, converting, storingand providing information in digital format thatis standardized, organized and available ondemand”These guidelines are aimed at decision makers,archivist, library managers and curatorial andtechnical staff members. The document sets theguidelines for creating archival quality digital stillimages of materials which include manuscripts,PPP236(10-11) NMM Guidelines_14-1 1National Mission for Manuscripts3/14/2011 6:22:40 PMNational Mission for Manuscripts | Annual Report 2010–201133