Electronic Records Management Guidelines
Digital Imaging
Annotated List of Resources
Primary Resources:
California Digital Library. CDL Guidelines for Digital Images . April 2008.
http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/guidelines/bpgimages/index.html
These standards, published by the California Digital Library at the University of California, provide recommendations for image quality, file formats, and storage media for digital image collections.
Columbia University Libraries. Technical Recommendations for Digital Imaging Projects. April, 1997.
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/dl/imagespec.html
These digital imaging recommendations were prepared by the Image Quality Working Group of ArchivesCom, a joint committee between Columbia University Libraries and AcIS (Academic Information Systems) at Columbia University. Provides recommendations for image quality, file formats, and other capture and storage issues.
Sitts, Maxine K. Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access. Andover, Massachusetts: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2000.
http://www.nedcc.org/oldnedccsite/digital/dman2.pdf
This handbook, published by the Northeast Document Conservation Center, is geared towards librarians, archivists, and other cultural or natural resource managers. Provides a basic technical overview of digital imaging and emphasizes project management, cost justification, vendor relations, and related issues.
Additional Resources:
Collaborative Digitization Program
http://www.cdpheritage.org/
The Collaborative Digitization Program began as the Colorado Digitization Project in 1998, a collaborative effort among Colorado's archives, historical societies, libraries, and museums. The CDP now includes institutional partners from other western states in its mission to provide access to cultural heritage collections. The CDP website features technical guidelines, digitizing standards, a digital imaging glossary, and links to many additional resources.
Cornell University, Department of Conservation and Preservation. Moving Theory Into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/
Produced by the Digital Imaging and Preservation Policy Research (DIPPR) team at Cornell University's Department of Conservation and Preservation, this web tutorial provides an overview of technical and project management issues regarding digital imaging. Tutorials in English, French and Spanish use examples of actual digital images to demonstrate variations in image quality.
Minnesota Historical Society, State Archives Department. Trustworthy Information Systems Handbook. Version 4, July 2002.
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/tis/tis.html
This handbook provides an overview for all stakeholders involved in government electronic records management. Topics center around ensuring accountability to elected officials and citizens by developing systems that create reliable and authentic information and records. The handbook outlines the characteristics that define trustworthy information, offers a methodology for ensuring trustworthiness, and provides a series of worksheets and tools for evaluating and refining system design and documentation.
Newcombe, Tod. The Local Government Guide to Imaging Systems: Planning and Implementation. United States: Public Technology, Inc., 1995.
A publication by Public Technology, Inc. (PTI) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), this guide emphasizes planning and implementation issues associated with digital imaging projects. Also addressed are policy and legal issues including records retention, ownership and control of images, and public access.
Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI)
http://www.tasi.ac.uk
This web site by Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI), based at the University of Bristol's Institute for Leaning and Research Technology (ILRT), provides information for creating and using digital image archives. The site features technical and project management advice, and a glossary of digital imaging terms.
Electronic Records Management Guidelines, March 2004, Version 4.
