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Managing Image Collections
A Practical Guide
Margot Note (Author)
9781843345992, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 3 February 2011
232 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.42 kg
This book explores issues surrounding all aspects of visual collection management, taken from real-world experience in creating management systems and digitizing core content. Readers will gain the knowledge to manage the digitization process from beginning to end, assess and define the needs of their particular project, and evaluate digitization options. Additionally, they will select strategies which best meet current and future needs, acquire the knowledge to select the best images for digitization, and understand the legal issues surrounding digitization of visual collections.
Dedication List of figures, tables, and boxes Acknowledgments About the author Introduction L’Heliographie Viewing the first photograph Images defined Collections defined Objectives Images and figures Audience Why Managing Image Collections: A practical guide? Other resources Chapter 1: Photographic image history Abstract: Introduction Technology and images Early attempts at photography Daguerreotypes and calotypes Technical developments Other early formats Commercial expansion Development of image collections Plate and camera improvements Film developments Color photography Digital technology Chapter 2: Digital image basics Abstract: Introduction What is a digital image? Digital and analog differences Digital images as surrogates Digital cameras and scanners Dynamic range and bit depth Resolution Resolution recommendations Master and derivative files Interpolation Compression File formats Digital decisive moment Chapter 3: Photographic image issues Abstract: Introduction Visual literacy Authenticity Decontexualization Paradigm shift Contextual meaning Photography in context Intellectual property rights Legal and cultural considerations Ethics Preservation Chapter 4: Photographic image collection management Abstract Introduction Image collections Appraisal defined Photographic appraisal Photographic appraisal criteria Selection for digitization Managing hybrid collections Chapter 5: Metadata and information management Abstract: Introduction Description for archives, libraries, and museums Challenges of image description Item-level description Collection-level description Subject description Metadata Metadata crosswalks Image description practices Description for digitization initiatives Metadata for information management Chapter 6: Digitization Abstract: Introduction Project objectives Cost estimates In-house or outsourced digitization Staffing Collaboration Documentation Benchmarking Calibration Scanning from originals or duplicates Batching Postproduction work File-naming conventions Quality assessment Management systems for images Benefits of digitization Chapter 7: Conclusion Appendix A: Digital project considerations Appendix B: Glossary of image collection terms Appendix C: Further reading References Index
Subject Areas: Virtual reality [UYV], Library & information sciences [GL]
