New Year, New Challenges
Hey everybody, it’s resolution time! I’ve decided to brush up on my scanning procedures, photoshop skills, and general digitization knowledge. I often find myself in the middle of doing a job wondering if there are more efficient ways to go about it. I flip through manuals looking for answers, but they usually gloss over the advanced features, or they fail to discuss some of the most rudimentary functions. I’ve turned to other sources for information, and have found some great sites.
The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), has a list of useful digitization resources. I highly recommend subscribing to the IMAGELIB listserv. I subscribed to it two weeks ago, and I have already read many informative posts on color management, a subject I realize I need to learn much more about. Digitization 101, written by digitization consultant Jill Hurst-Wahl, is one of my favorite blogs. She focuses on many library-specific issues.
I think it is terribly important for those of us working in the field to share information. Technology and standards change so quickly that it can be difficult to stay current. We all deal with budget constraints, time management issues, and staffing limitations. Communicating with other organizations is a great way to prevent stagnation, and to keep the projects rolling. I’d like to take this opportunity to encourage comments from our readers.
What projects are you working on? Have you received any grants recently? What equipment do you use? Have you come across specific problems you’d like to work through? What are your frustrations? Have you had any rewarding collaborations with other institutions?
If we find certain commonalities, it might be worthwhile to continue a discussion in another forum.
We use a Zeutschel Omniscan 5000TT for grayscale images, an Epson GT-20000 for color scans, and a Nikon Supercool Scan 9000ED for microfilm. Each has advantages and disadvantages, which I may discuss in-depth at a later date. For now, I’m hoping to get some feedback to see where we should go from here.
Happy new year!
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