Digitization standards: a review from Catalonia to the world

We studied the characteristics of the digitization standards published in 2000 by the Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya (CBUC), with subsequent editions by the Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC), the Biblioteca de Catalunya and the Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya (COBDC). Its contents are compared with other similar standards existing at international level and also the impact of the digitization processes carried out by the libraries of Catalonia. Finally, some recommendations for future improvement are presented.