Managing Image Collections. A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by Margot Note (Auth.)

Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 217
Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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.

Offers practical information for the busy information professional
Concentrates solely on image management
Focuses on unique needs of born digital and digitized images

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of figures, tables, and boxes, Pages xi-xii
Acknowledgments, Page xiii
About the author, Page xv
Introduction, Pages 1-13
1 - Photographic image history, Pages 15-37
2 - Digital image basics, Pages 39-59
3 - Photographic image issues, Pages 61-86
4 - Photographic image collection management, Pages 87-106
5 - Metadata and information management, Pages 107-133
6 - Digitization, Pages 135-161
7 - Conclusion, Pages 163-165
Appendix A: Digital project considerations, Pages 167-173
Appendix B: Glossary of image collection terms, Pages 175-187
Appendix C: Further reading, Pages 189-194
References, Pages 195-206
Index, Pages 207-216

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