Dear Meghan, We have a very substantial photographic archive here at the Worcester Art Museum. Through previous work experience, I established a retention standard for this material. Once print copy is retained and one negative (if surviving). For color transparencies, I retain the best ranked version deemed by the original photographer. I catalogue, scan it and dispose of the extras.
We follow the philosophy here that this material is still worth retaining, but is crucial to be digitized so that continued exposure does not cause further degradation to the image. Does this help? Sarah L. Gillis, Assistant Registrar, Image Management WORCESTER ART MUSEUM / www.worcesterart.org fifty-five salisbury street / worcester, massachusetts 01609 direct 508.793.4427 / general 508.799.4406 -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Meghan Gross Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 11:30 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] [Imaging SIG:] object photography on film I'm writing to get a sense of what others are doing with object photography on film. I'm interested in the disposition of 4x5 color transparencies that serve as the photographic record of museum collections used in publications and other outward facing projects (not curator/registrar/conservation photography). If there is a resource for this information already, please point me in that direction. If not, here are some questions: - Do you actively digitize your film archive if no current (digital capture) photography is available? - Have you disposed of or downsized your film archive? > If yes, what was the criteria for disposal or retention? And, how did > you dispose of the film? (destroy, offer for re-use, move offsite ?) > If no, what was your reasoning for retaining the film archive? > (Obvious reasons are collection history/photographic record) Thank you, Meghan Baltimore Museum of Art _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
