my answers are in red. QUESTIONNAIRE
1) Does your institution have methods, plans or policies in place re digital preservation? yes. Can you share that information? We are scanning our photography collection, as well as documents in our Archives. We are documenting the artifacts in our collection with both digital and conventional photographic media, which can be scanned later. Our first project was in 2001, and have developed guidelines for scanning. My position has become increasingly more directed toward photography and digital media, and we are beginning to make headway. We have a new collections management database which holds a thumbnail of an image. We are just beginning to import images into it. 2) Is digital preservation an ongoing process at your institution or is it more a as and when type of approach? We dont yet have a steady workflow, dont have the staff for that, but I would nevertheless answer YES, it is an ongoing process. 3) When it comes to collecting digital data what objects do you hold that may benefit from 360-degree and/or 3D digital capture? We have a number of interesting objects...a few that come to mind are >> >>a hand-carved chair from the 1915 Pan-Pacific Expo that has words across the back, arm sides, etc. >>a number of early vehicles, such as an early 20th century hearse, a gypsy wagon, tractors, motorcycles, and other vehicles. >>a hurdy gurdy, the back of which reveals some of the additional instruments. 4) How would these types of images be used? We are in the process of re-designing our website, and these images could be used to highlight pieces from our collection. 5) Do you currently capture 360-degree and/or 3D data of your holdings? NO 6) How important is it that a system be able to capture objects of any size or do your holdings have an "80/20" rule where a larger portion are of a certain size range? not sure how to answer this. 7) As a percentage how many of your holdings are smaller than a 30 cm cube? Again, hard to answer this...we have 500,000 objects in our collection, many of which I'm certaing wouldnt be interesting enough to shoot in 3-d 8) Would it be more important to your institution to capture these types of digital images for its larger holdings? my guess is that we'd have a range of sizes of objects to be captured. 9) If this type of system was readily available, would it be more of a system that an institution would want to have as their own or would it be more suited to a service that could be booked as and when required (in your opinion)? I believe we would prefer to use it on a contract basis, not to purchase it outright. 10) IS there any other comments that you might have re this type of digital capture system that will be important when considering the capture of the images? what would the capabilities be in terms of resolution? --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
