Given the questions that come up on MCN-L re: digitization technologies and their various pros/cons, I thought I would forward this to the list. Apologies re: any cross-posting.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Digital Preservation Matters <noreply+feedpr...@google.com> Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 5:05 AM Subject: Digital Preservation Matters Digital Preservation Matters <http://preservationmatters.blogspot.com/> ------------------------------ Fulfill Your Digital Preservation Goals with a Budget Studio <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/pbNDE/~3/8SLp6B2NIX0/fulfill-your-digital-preservation-goals.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> Posted: 14 Apr 2016 09:13 PM PDT Fulfill Your Digital Preservation Goals with a Budget Studio <http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/5704>. Yongli Zhou. *Information Technology and Libraries*. April 4, 2016. [PDF <http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/5704/8318>] Article about finding a cost effective solution for digitizing materials as part of preservation goals. Many institutions use in-house high-end scanners to scan historical and other materials. "No digitization equipment or system is perfect. They all have trade-offs in image quality, speed, convenience of use, quality of accompanying software, and cost." The article discusses in depth the comparison tests for using digital cameras for digitizing, as opposed to the expensive scanners that do not fit in many library budgets. The result is that for most archival materials a Digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) camera will do a better job than an overhead scanner. In most of the cases, the camera produced superior images. "This paper compares images delivered by a high-end overhead scanner and a consumer-level DSLR camera, discusses pros and cons of using each method, demonstrates how to set up a cost-efficient shooting studio, and presents a budget estimate for a studio." Digital Preservation Matters. <http://preservationmatters.blogspot.com/> You are subscribed to email updates from Digital Preservation Matters <http://preservationmatters.blogspot.com/>. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now <https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=BvvxdGj0RZvRyyBDeRiE6lZ6u5w> . Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States -- Frances Lloyd-Baynes | Content Database Specialist Minneapolis Institute of Art 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3189 | flloyd-bay...@artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org
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