ImageMuse is a discussion group of museum imaging and publishing professionals. We have worked together to define guidelines for the creation and use of digital files for reproduction. Our work resulted in the 2007 UPDIG Digital Image Submission Guide for Fine Art Reproduction at http://updig.org/disg/fineart.php A number of ImageMuse museums are working with Franziska Frey, McGhee Professor in the School of Print Media at Rochester Institute of Technology, through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to research the art image interchange cycle and to extend current industry practices and standards. Additionally, we continue to work together to share basic information on Digital Asset Management applications, color profiling of DSLR cameras, rapid capture workflows and other technical issues in our work. We are looking to expand our membership from the current 60 members (from 28 organizations?mostly large American museums) to 150 members representing 75 organizations large and small and significantly international. If you are the head of a museum or archives imaging department, a DAM manager or a publications production manager you can join ImageMuse at the following web address http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ImageMuse/ click Join this Group to submit a request for membership.
Currently membership is restricted to staff at non-profit cultural organizations. ---------------------------------------- Alan Newman
