Digital Assets Discussion Group: Digital Imaging Guidelines

Digital Imaging Introduction
Project Planning Considerations and Guidelines
Digital Imaging Project Cycle
Technological
Intellectual Management
The Physical Artifact(s)

Digital Imaging Introduction

Digital imaging is the most common digital reformatting process currently in use at academic institutions. Consequently, there is a considerable amount of research and experience upon which the Digital Assets Discussion Group and Digital Collections Services can draw upon to form guidelines. The different areas of digital imaging are numerous and include:

Printed Textual Materials

Archival Quality Imaging

Imaging for Access

Artistic Works

Art on Paper

Photographs

Paintings

Slides, Transparencies and Negatives

Oversized Materials

Maps

Architectural Drawings

Imaging of three-dimensional objects

Each of these different types of digital imaging projects posses a different set of concerns to be considered in the planning process. Many of the same questions, however, must be considered in the early stages of project planning -- selection, assessment of physical condition, intellectual property rights, and intellectual content management to name only a few. The following guideline is currently in the development stages and will be reviewed and updated over the coming months. Currently, it is only a representation of the sort of issues that will be covered here.