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The following is a news announcement from the Research Libraries Group.
It is being posted to other museum and library-related LISTSERVs.
 
   RLG Publishes Proceedings from Digital Image Access Projects'
   Final Session
 
The Research Libraries Group has just published "RLG Digital Image
Access Project" -- proceedings from a symposium held in Palo Alto, March
31-April 1.  RLG recently completed two projects funded by the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation and involving nine RLG institutions.  The
symposium brought together the projects' participants with other digital
experts to share what had been learned and identify areas for future
work.  The publication, edited by Patricia McClung, contains papers by
seven knowledgeable and articulate speakers, flanked by an introductory
overview and concluding observations from Anne R. Kenney of Cornell
University.
 
Presenters were: Hinda Sklar of the Harvard Graduate School of Design;
Ricky Erway, RLG member services officer for digital access initiatives;
Jackie Dooley -- at the Getty Center during the project and now at the
University of California at Irvine; Stephen Davis of Columbia
University; Jack von Euw and Daniel Pitti from the University of
California at Berkeley; and James Reilly of the Image Permanence
Institute, who managed the project that focused on image quality in
digital conversions.  Each paper is followed by a discussion summary.
 
The Digital Image Access Project resulted in the conversion of 9,000
photos in RLG-member collections on the theme of "Urban Landscapes."
Software to combine a descriptive record with a thumbnail image was
developed for the project by Stokes Imaging in Austin, Texas.  The
proceedings reflect the importance of intellectual control and retrieval
issues -- just as important as technical ones in digitizing images for
the purposes of both preservation and access.
 
The publication is being distributed to RLG members.  Copies are
also available for $20 each, plus shipping and handling.  In the US,
this is $8 for the first copy, and $2 for each additional copy in a
shipment.  For international requests, shipping and handling is $25
for the first copy and $5 for additional copies.  Orders can be sent
to Distribution Services Center, The Research Libraries Group, Inc.,
1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041-1100, or via electronic
mail to [log in to unmask], or by fax to 415.964.0943.
 
For more information, please send e-mail to [log in to unmask]
 
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