I could use some feedback on how other museums are dealing with this
issue:
Back in the 90s we had a major project digitizing basically our whole
collection in as high a quality as possible, with a goal of scholarly
as well as public web access. Of course, the idea was to keep up the
process for new objects entering the collection.
Somewhere along the way, funding, workload and huge groups of
acquisitions interfered, and getting high quality images as we received
objects didn't always happen.
We're currently debating the merits of a quick, low quality picture as
objects are accessioned, with the idea of trying to get high quality
images later. There is suspicion that the day for high quality will
never come, yet at least we'll have a digital image record of what
things look like.
How are others wrestling with this issue?
Thanks,
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Toni Kramer
Database Manager
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Email: [email protected] Phone: 734-763-0256
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I am in the Museum Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Thursdays.
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