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Re: Touching Up Digital Images



Hello Daniel,

You said, "People who need to see the original will need to come look
at it regardless;
since the copies you make for the web will only be used by casual users
and
those who need the information but not the precise original in the
box"

Even if the original will be going back into the stacks as is.  The
casual user can get a newer version of the book, printed facsimile, or
postscript of the information off the internet.  Are we not trying, in
one of the concepts of Digital Libraries, to reduce and remove the need
of people to go half way across the country to see the original?  Are we
not trying to reduce physical use of the original by having the digital
library?  Is it not better for researchers to be able to see several
copies of the item from different institution at the same time on their
computer screen then darting back and forth across the world?  If the
web JPG, which will lose some information, does not give the researcher
the information he needs he could request the library in question to
email him the TIFF archival copy.  He can then sit at his own computer
looking at the archival TIFFs of several libraries/archives.

Postscripts of the information for the casual user,
JPG for the item for more in-depth research.
TIFF archival Images for even more in-depth research.
Then the use of the original item if needed.

I think the Digital Library should show the item as it is today.
However, you are right in the fact that any touching up to the image by
the librarian/archivist should be explained on the digital library page
on how and why it was done.

Jim

James E. Beaven
Project Coordinator/Digital Librarian
Jacksonville Public Library
122 N. Ocean Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202-3374
e-mail: JBeaven@coj.net


>>> Daniel Sokolow <DSokolow@NSHS.EDU> 02/08/02 10:28AM >>>
Seems pretty straightforward to me.  Assuming you're simply copying
the
original, which will then go back into the stacks as it was, you can
do
pretty much anything you want to it.

BUT - make sure you identify the image in all copies you make (for the
web,
on a CD, whatever) as being doctored and explain how & why you did it.

People who need to see the original will need to come look at it
regardless;
since the copies you make for the web will only be used by casual users
and
those who need the information but not the precise original in the
box,
you're better off giving them a clearer, more readable version.  The
danger
for the image is that once things are on the web you lose a certain
amount
of control; if you can, mark the copy with a note saying it's a
modified
version of the original.  Try not to cover up information or you defeat
the
purpose of the upgrade (duh), but make it clear that it's not what it
looks
like in real life.

My 2 cents, as always.

DS
______________________________________
Daniel Sokolow, Archives Coordinator
David Taylor Archives
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
155 Community Drive
Great Neck, NY 11021
mailto:dsokolow@nshs.edu

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