Developing Specifications for Archival Digital Still Images

摘要

Museums, archives, libraries, and commercial stock houses all around the world are busy converting their holdings into digital form. Digital imaging technology offers distinctive advantages to institutions in accessing their photographic collections. In the hands of expert operators, today's best digital imaging hardware is capable of representing almost any type of photograph with such visual quality that reference to the original material is unnecessary for most purposes, and the original materials can be stored away in an appropriate environment. However, the required investment for digital image conversion is tremendous. Furthermore, digital image conversion requires a deep and long-standing commitment to traditional preservation, the full integration of the technology into information management procedures and processes, and significant leadership in developing appropriate definitions and standards for digital preservation.