Managing Image Collections

<p>Dedication</p> <p>List of figures, tables, and boxes</p> <p>Acknowledgments</p> <p>About the author</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>L’Heliographie</p> <p>Viewing the first photograph</p> <p>Images defined</p> <p>Collections defined</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>Images and figures</p> <p>Audience</p> <p>Why Managing Image Collections: A practical guide?</p> <p>Other resources</p> <p>Chapter 1: Photographic image history</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Technology and images</p> <p>Early attempts at photography</p> <p>Daguerreotypes and calotypes</p> <p>Technical developments</p> <p>Other early formats</p> <p>Commercial expansion</p> <p>Development of image collections</p> <p>Plate and camera improvements</p> <p>Film developments</p> <p>Color photography</p> <p>Digital technology</p> <p>Chapter 2: Digital image basics</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>What is a digital image?</p> <p>Digital and analog differences</p> <p>Digital images as surrogates</p> <p>Digital cameras and scanners</p> <p>Dynamic range and bit depth</p> <p>Resolution</p> <p>Resolution recommendations</p> <p>Master and derivative files</p> <p>Interpolation</p> <p>Compression</p> <p>File formats</p> <p>Digital decisive moment</p> <p>Chapter 3: Photographic image issues</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Visual literacy</p> <p>Authenticity</p> <p>Decontexualization</p> <p>Paradigm shift</p> <p>Contextual meaning</p> <p>Photography in context</p> <p>Intellectual property rights</p> <p>Legal and cultural considerations</p> <p>Ethics</p> <p>Preservation</p> <p>Chapter 4: Photographic image collection management</p> <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Image collections</p> <p>Appraisal defined</p> <p>Photographic appraisal</p> <p>Photographic appraisal criteria</p> <p>Selection for digitization</p> <p>Managing hybrid collections</p> <p>Chapter 5: Metadata and information management</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Description for archives, libraries, and museums</p> <p>Challenges of image description</p> <p>Item-level description</p> <p>Collection-level description</p> <p>Subject description</p> <p>Metadata</p> <p>Metadata crosswalks</p> <p>Image description practices</p> <p>Description for digitization initiatives</p> <p>Metadata for information management</p> <p>Chapter 6: Digitization</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Project objectives</p> <p>Cost estimates</p> <p>In-house or outsourced digitization</p> <p>Staffing</p> <p>Collaboration</p> <p>Documentation</p> <p>Benchmarking</p> <p>Calibration</p> <p>Scanning from originals or duplicates</p> <p>Batching</p> <p>Postproduction work</p> <p>File-naming conventions</p> <p>Quality assessment</p> <p>Management systems for images</p> <p>Benefits of digitization</p> <p>Chapter 7: Conclusion</p> <p>Appendix A: Digital project considerations</p> <p>Appendix B: Glossary of image collection terms</p> <p>Appendix C: Further reading</p> <p>References</p> <p>Index</p>