From: Ed Earle <eea...@ammi.org> To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: RE: Digital Images for Registration Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 09:35:30 -0400 X-Priority: 3 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Our original scans are saved as TIFF files. We use the tiff header to store text associated with the image (title, maker, accession number, date, publisher, etc). This is a mini Dublin core as part of the data structure of the image itself. We use the "file info" feature in Adobe Photoshop to embed this information in the file. * Ed Edward W. Earle American Museum of the Moving Image -----Original Message----- From: Museum Computer Network [SMTP:m...@world.std.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 9:12 PM To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: Re: Digital Images for Registration Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:47:06 -0700 To: mc...@world.std.com From: Leslie Johnston <lesl...@stanford.edu> Subject: Re: Digital Images for Registration > >1)What kind of file name or number do you integrate into the image file so >that >it can be coordinated with the paper log? Or do you include in each shot >a slip of paper with the registration no. written on it, next to the >object? Or >shoot each item with its marked registration no. showing? The paper log has the name of the shot as recorded on the camera (this is set in stone by the camera and cannot be changed at the time of recording) and the accession number. When the image is pulled from the diskette for color correction and resizing it is renamed with the accession number. > >We actually have a law (the Museums Law 198... well, I forget the year) which >stipulates these requirements for registration documentation photographs. In >fact, as the law stipulates the neccessity of a "negative" and "negative no." >we're not sure if a digital file and file name will be acceptable. (A >special >committee is advising the Israeli Justice Dept. on changes in legislation >needed >for the acceptance of digital documents as evidence in court -- which >might lead >to an eventual solution.) > >Do any list members have similar legal or procedural requirements? We do not have such a law. > >Has anyone run into an insurance company which would not accept a digital >image >in the case of a damage or theft claim (due to ease of manipulation)? > >2) Do you automatically create, in addition to the digital image for >registration, a conventional photograph? > This is a major issue for us as we have visual documentation of maybe 20% of our collections. Unfortunately, we do not have a photographer on staff. Our head preparator was doing photography on an as-needed basis (he is a pro, by the way), but that had to stop as we near the reinstallation of collections into the galleries. A policy was set by our head registrar that we _must_ shoot a digital image of every incoming object because of this lack of standard photography. We will also shoot objects with the digital camera as they go into the galleries if they are completely lacking visual documentation. Leslie ------------ Leslie Johnston Academic Technology Specialist Stanford University Museum of Art / Art Department lesl...@leland.stanford.edu