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Re: Question for photo archivists/curators



Title: ARCHIVES Digest - 16 Oct 2001 to 17 Oct 2001 (#2001-290)
I am currently scanning in the work of a commercial photographer and loading the thumbnails onto a database so he can have access to his photos for stock sales. Working part time (20 hours a week), I have been able to scan and index about 3,000 photos in a little over a year, scanning them in at 200 dpi.  I thought you might want some concrete numbers to go with the excellent advice others have offered you.
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell
Photo Librarian
Jim Krantz Studios Omaha/Chicago
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From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On Behalf Of Richard Pearce-Moses
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:10 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Question for photo archivists/curators

 
You may want to scan the neg's for increased access.  Because you're keeping the original negatives (which you can pull for prints when requested), you don't need to do a photo quality scan.  I'd probably do something between 150 and 300 dpi.
 
 
Richard Pearce-Moses
 rpm9@mindspring.com