Digitizing Historical Pictorial Collections for the Internet
| Title: | Digitizing Historical Pictorial Collections for the Internet (ID: CLR1011) | | Author(s): | Stephen Ostrow | | Topics: | Digital Collections, Digital Imaging, Intellectual Property | | Origin: | Community Contributions (1998) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | Describes the nature and uses of large historical pictorial collections in a both the reading room and online, analyzing the advantages and the disadvantages of digital access to images. Addresses preservation, bibliographical control, and access issues; provides a detailed checklist for planning digital conversion projects and information about copyright law as it applies to networked distribution of images. | | View this resource: | |
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