Managing Image Collections: A Practical Guide (Chandos Information Professional Series) 1st edition by Note, Margot (2011) Paperback

by Margot Note

Managing Image A practical guide - offers practical information for the busy information professional - concentrates solely on image management - focuses on unique needs of born digital and digitized images - provides a step-by-step guide on starting a digitization project - centres on image management in a non-museum institutional setting - presents accessible, action-oriented informationThis book explores issues surrounding all aspects of visual collection management, taken from real-world experience in creating management systems and digitizing core content. Readers will gain the knowledge to manage the digitization process from beginning to end, assess and define the needs of their particular project, and evaluate digitization options. Additionally, they will select strategies which best meet current and future needs, acquire the knowledge to select the best images for digitization, and understand the legal issues surrounding digitization of visual Information professionals with average technical abilities and little or no art history knowledge who may find themselves in the position of managing image collections by themselves or a small staff and directing a digitization project. Library science students and those who may be thinking of a career in image management in an institutional setting may also be - L’Heliographie - Viewing the first photograph - Images defined - Collections defined - Objectives - Images and figures - Audience - Why Managing Image A practical guide? - Other resourcesPhotographic image history - Introduction - Technology and images - Early attempts at photography - Daguerreotypes and calotypes - Technical developments - Other early formats - Commercial expansion - Development of image collections - Plate and camera improvements - Film developments - Color photography - Digital technologyDigital image basics - Introduction - What is a digital image? - Digital and analog differences - Digital images as surrogates - Digital cameras and scanners - Dynamic range and bit depth - Resolution - Resolution recommendations - Master and derivative files - Interpolation - Compression - File formats - Digital decisive momentPhotographic image issues - Introduction - Visual literacy - Authenticity - Decontexualization - Paradigm shift - Contextual meaning - Photography in context - Intellectual property rights - Legal and cultural considerations - Ethics - PreservationPhotographic image collection management - Introduction - Image collections - Appraisal defined - Photographic appraisal - Photographic appraisal criteria - Selection for digitization - Managing hybrid collectionsMetadata and information management - Introduction - Description for archives, libraries, and museums - Challenges of image description - Item-level description - Collection-level description - Subject description - Metadata - Metadata crosswalks - Image description practices - Description for digitization initiatives - Metadata for information managementDigitization - Introduction - Project objectives - Cost estimates - In-house or outsourced digitization - Staffing - Collaboration - Documentation - Benchmarking - Calibration - Scanning from originals or duplicates - Batching - Postproduction work - File-naming conventions - Quality assessment - Management systems for images - Benefits of digitization

Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Margot Note is a Certified Archivist, a Certified Records Manager, an Information Governance Professional, and Project Management Professional.

Reviews

[Margot Note · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excerpt from a book review by Art Libraries Society of North America:
"Note's strengths are in providing framework for conceptualizing collections and identifying best practices her insight into decontextualized photographs and collection appraisal are particularly good. She prepares the reader to approach project planning equipped to make decisions about objectives, staffing, costs, and technology...Cited and referenced works were thoughtfully chosen and artfully applied. The appendices are quite useful...Note's 'Further Reading' list is well selected and would be a reliable resource for collection development in the area of photography."

Excerpt from a book review in Journal of Academic Librarianship:
"Margot Note delivers an interesting and useful guide for those faced with the challenging task of creating and maintaining a digital image collection....She manages an extensive visual collection that she has shared with the world through ARTstor, a leading digital initiative. Her qualifications withstanding, Note's book is well written and engaging. It retains the readers' attention with various historical lessons about photography while explaining the basics of creating, accessing, and maintaining a hybrid image collection. She provides a framework for identifying best practices in image management and prepares the reader to rise to the challenge of an image digitization project."