My sense is that more and more institutions are beginning to store image master
files on servers rather than offline on CDs or some other medium. We started
with offline CD storage, in duplicate, using the "archival" mitsui/mam-e gold
CDs. We recently loaded these files onto an image server and
I'm going to jump in here...We did a lot of scanning and digital photography when I was at the Whitney, eventually we wound up with 400+ 'archival' CD's of 20 meg or so scans that had been made to document portions of the collection and to be used in the collections database. After a couple of yea
I second most of what's been said. We are currently involved in a large digitization process delivered entirely on CD. Archival CD is a bit of a marketing term these days but you can do preventative things such as not writing on the discs and handle them very carefully of course. Don't sweat the
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From: "Deborah Wythe"
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Subject: RE: archival storage of CDs
> For anyone looking for "archival" storage of image (or any files) on CDs
or
> DVDs, consider this: while manufa
as much as you can.
[The former archivist will now step off her soapbox!]
Deb Wythe
Deborah Wythe
Brooklyn Museum
Head, Digital Collections and Services
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
tel: 718 501 6311
fax: 718 501 6125
email: deborahwy...@hotmail.com
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Subject:archival storage of CDs
After a year on the job I have collected loads of digital images -
scanned, shot, donated. It's time to put the master files in storage.
Is there a general consensus on what mate
After a year on the job I have collected loads of digital
images – scanned, shot, donated. It’s time to put the master files
in storage.
Is there a general consensus on what materials to use? What
type of CDs? Is there a specific pro or con to use CD envelops (compacter) or
jewel boxes (mo
