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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:05:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Frances Woodward <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Digital photography of atlas pages
Sender: Frances Woodward <[log in to unmask]>
Hi, James,
I see that the Saskatoon City Archives has taken the images off their web
site (except for one example) because of the copyright claim.
http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/clerks_office/archives/ar-fire.asp
Cheers,
Fran
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, James Boxall wrote:
> 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)
> [log in to unmask]
> 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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Frances Woodward, Reference Librarian,
Special Collections, Main Library,
University of British Columbia, 1956 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1
Tel: (604) 822-2819 Fax: (604) 822-9587
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/
Historical Maps Collection and Cartographic Archives
Arkley Collection of Children's Literature
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