I am in the final stages of a paper "Good, Better, Best: A Small Collection Reorganizes for the Future" which addresses incorporating OAI/MOAC data and image standards into the digital archiving process for small institutions. I even have a white paper I've created for the development team and photographer to reference. I'm in, if you want me.
Kathi Martin
Director, Drexel Digital Museum Project
http://digimuse.cis.drexel.edu
At 09:55 AM 2/26/02 -0500, you wrote:
Amalyah et al,
As conference co-chair, I think this is a great suggestion and hope that someone will step up with a proposal ...
Thanks,
Greg
Greg Spurgeon
Documentation Manager / Gestionnaire à la documentation
Collections Management / Gestion des collections
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
380 Sussex Drive / 380, promenade Sussex
P.O. Box 427, Station A / C.P. 427, succursale A
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9N4
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- From: Amalyah Keshet [mailto:[email protected]]
- Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:39 AM
- To: [email protected]
- Subject: DIG IMG SIG: session for MCN 2002?
- Just a thought:
Perhaps the Digital Imaging SIG could propose a session on the longevity (or lack thereof) of digital storage media, for the 2002 annual conference? The theme of the conference will be "In it for the long haul --- technology programs that go the distance," so this would be an appropriate issue. Each SIG is to come up with at least one session proposal -- and proposals are due on April 5. See: http://www.mcn.edu/2002cfp.htm amalyah keshet head of image resources & copyright management the israel museum, jerusalem www.imj.org.il board of directors, museum computer network www.mcn.edu (From ImageLib): > I thought the Kodak Gold Ultima disks were virtually indestructible and was disappointed when Kodak stopped distributing them. After looking around for a replacement, I switched to Mitsui, the only other manufacturer I could find that offered a disk with Phthalocyanine dye and a gold reflective layer. They're supposed to be coated for durability. Mitsui will send you samples on request and they've been very fast with shipments. <http://www.mitsuicdr.com/> > > At one point, Mitsui offered an "archival" gold disk, but their representative tells me that those were discontinued and now all Mitsui gold disks are manufactured to the same standard. > > I think Mitsui claims 100 years for their disks, but I think people also need to know how a disk stands up under every day use and abuse. So for the past few years, I've handed out Kodak disks (with digital images on them) on the first day of my digital imaging class. I would ask students to "stress test" them, and then a few weeks later, when we discussed the longevity of digital media, we'd pull them out and compare notes. > > The Kodak disks survived 25 days under water (which I thought would open their laminated surfaced). They've been buried in a garden, placed on the rear package shelf under a car window (which is hot!), tied to car bumpers, played with all day in a kindergarten class .. you name it. The only things that never failed to destroy the disks were deep scratches and nail polish remover (no surprise there). > > I'll let you know how the Mitsui disks fare later this year. > > > > Robert Leopold > Archives & Collections Information Manager > Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History > Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560-0152 > > Visit us online: www.nmnh.si.edu/naa --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
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