Introduction

The introduction to Remote Capture: Digitising Documentary Heritage in Challenging Locations provides an overview of the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP), including its purpose, end goal, and what all is involved in bringing a digitisation project to fruition. The chapters of this book will help guide individuals and groups on how to digitise materials that are at risk of being lost unless they are preserved. Whether one is starting from scratch or has been awarded and EAP grant, the introduction argues that this book will provide insights into the tools one needs to make a digitisation project successful, involving, for instance, how to plan the project and its budget, how to handle materials used in the digitisation project, and what to keep in mind when working with digital files.