Digital imaging is having a great imapct on collections of photographic materials in libraries and archieves. The technical aspects of digital imaging present collection managers with very difficult and complex choices. Institutions must be able to relate the digital image projects to the fundamental collection activities such as access and preservation. In addition, digital imaging emerged so quickly that there is still a lack of standards concerning the technical as well as the quality issues.~1 while the great benefits of digital imaging can be confidently foreseen, both a learning process and experience are needed to get from here to there.
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