Good question!

We use the accession number and then if there are details we just number them (i.e. 2008-10-1_detail-03). We will use a more descriptive detail designation if it's something like an inscription or mark (i.e. 2010-3_mark). We rely on the metadata to add other descriptive info about the image and object. We try to keep the file name including extension to under 32 characters. We also use suffixes for the original image and derivative images, as follows:

original:  "_CO" (for camera original), "_SO" (for scanned original)
Master, highest resolution, best tweaked TIFF: "_M"
the same master version, but in JPEG format gets no suffix as this is the one that goes out to people the most
for Powerpoint (and study) images: "_PP"


Penny Leveritt
Visual Resources Manager
Historic Deerfield

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