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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 14:07:14 -0400 (AST)
From: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Digital photography of atlas pages
Sender: James Boxall <[log in to unmask]>



i think i recall a session at the ACMLA meeting in Saskatoon where the
archivist for Saskatoon showed how they used a digital camera for fire
insurance plans...the quality look exceptional.....of course cost is a
factor...

also...the ICA meeting in 1999 had the folks from National Archives (Dave
Brown?) doing some camera work of the maps in the exhibit....

we haven't done anything....but..if scanning is not an option (and then
migrating to something like MrSid...then i would "expect" a digital camera
function of some sort is the best option?
:-)



James Boxall
Curator/Head
Map and Geospatial Information Collection
Killam Library
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada   B3H 4H8
902-494-3757 (tel)
902-494-2062 (fax)
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magic.library.dal.ca

Immediate Past-President, Association of Canadian
Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)     www.acmla.org

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Hi Folks
>
> I'm looking for some advice or expertise regarding dealing with requests for
> prints from pages of rare and oversize atlases.     Usually these are for
> working copies - photocopies  or scans  as opposed to publication quality
> reproductions.
>
> Needless to say, many of our atlases can not be subjected to the trauma of
> inversion on a photocopy machine and the intense light.
>
> Also, we have neither adequate staff nor facilities to do, or arrange for,
> high quality reproduction for these requests.   Thus we are looking for a
> process which would allow us to produce an image or file that we could give
> (at reasonable cost) to the client with out it requiring much staff time on
> our part.
>
> I am interested in how other map collections handle similar requests.   I am
> considering the potential of digital photography - 5 megapixel cameras are
> reasonably priced (or at least with the range of possibility ) .
>
>
> Has anyone any experience of suggestions they could share with me.
>
>
> David
>
>
> David L. Jones, Map Librarian
> William C. Wonders Map Collection
> Science & Technology Library
> 1-26 Cameron Library
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J8
> voice  (780)492-3433     fax   (780)492-2721
> e-mail   [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
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