Subject: Re: Photo storage of scans From: William Schuette <wschuette9877@gmail.com> Message-ID: <c84fb687-6e4c-2b14-7605-3b07a7f8f4d6@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 15:41:40 -0500
Jon,
For most of our collection, the images were saved in bmp format. I have
recently been changing to TIFF, and will continue to do so. Thanks for
the information and the link.
Bill
On 5/21/2020 11:36 AM, Douglas County Historical Society wrote:
> Just a note on the JPG format. While it is popular and takes less
> space, it is what is called a lossy compressed format. It will lose
> something off its initial quality each time the image is saved,
> rename, or moved. TIFF files are one of the preferred formats for
> digital achieving in either uncompressed or lossless compression.
>
> Here is a good resource in more detail
> https://digitalarch.org/blog/2017/4/7/best-image-formats-for-archival-photography
>
>
>
> Jon Winter
> Douglas County Historical Society
> 1101 John Avenue Superior WI 54880
> Business Manager
> 715-392-8449
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 11:16 AM William Schuette
> <wschuette9877@gmail.com <mailto:wschuette9877@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 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 That format has gone out of date, however, these negatives are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
> >
>