Digital publishing- Also referred to as e-publishing or electronic publishing includes the digital publication of ebooks, EPUBs, digital magazines, and the development of digital libraries and catalogues.
Digitization has six core activities:
Digitization guidance [online] available at:
Examples -
Electronic versions of traditional media -
New Media -
Business models -
- Making digital—creating a digital version of an object, sound file or other artefact.
- Databasing—registering an object or artefact in a database; includes transcribing an artefact, eg transcribing a ledger into a database.
- Managing data—providing for the long-term storage, accessibility and integrity of digital assets and databases.
- Sharing data—making digital assets and data available for others to use; includes facilitating discovery of digital objects and data.
- Using technology—adopting and using appropriate technology for digitization activities.
- Governing digitization—establishing an appropriate governance framework to support digitization.
Digitization guidance [online] available at:
Examples -
Electronic versions of traditional media -
- CD-ROM
- e-book
- Electronic Journals
- Online magazines
- Online newspaper
New Media -
- Blog
- Collaborative software
- Digital publication app
- Podcast
Business models -
- Digital distribution platform
- Online advertising
- Online distribution
- Print on demand
- Subscriptions
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