Subject: Re: Photo storage of scans From: William Schuette <wschuette9877@gmail.com> Message-ID: <d4236a9d-679a-2851-c6f0-38568d96c5c2@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 10:38:43 -0500
We have to change with the times. When I first began making copies of
the photo images in our collection, I copied them onto black & white
film. That format has gone out of date, however, these negatives are
much longer-lived than digital scans. We store our digital images in the
.jpg format. That has been around for many years, and I assume that
anything recorded in that format, will be accessible for a long time.
When a newer format comes along, I'm sure that these jpg images can be
converted. In addition to the actual storage of most of our photos in
acid-free envelopes and boxes, our digital images are stored on the
cloud, should anything happen to our collection. Should someone request
an image from our collection, they usually ask for digital copies, which
we are happy to provide for a price. If they want a paper copy, I print
them out on my photo printer. However, that hasn't happened in the past
few years. We survived the transition from 78 records, to 45 & LP
records, to CDs, to digital, and I believe we'll survive any photo image
storage updates too.
Bill Schuette-- Sauk County Historical Society
On 5/20/2020 6:07 PM, Brian Bigler wrote:
> I have noted the discussion of photo copyrights and related on listserve.
>
> My questions to organizations out there is this: How do you store
> these images? If they are scans and stored on a computer how do you
> plan to retrieve them in the future with the rapid change in
> technology? Already items stored on CDs are a problem and many CDs -
> even archival ones- are short lived. Other computer devices would
> prove to be problematic as well - even off site storage may soon be
> antiquated for future use.
>
> A firm believer in hard copy storage to prevent constant updating of
> equipment I am wondering how many organizations print out quality
> prints for customer and archival use? If so, how do you store them or
> impute them on a database?
>
> Thank you in advance for your answers.
>
> Brian J. Bigler
>
> Volunteer Curator - Mount Horeb Area Historical Society
>