Libraries and Archives across the country are involved in this exact sort
of work and I am sure there are many who could answer your questions
directly. You might consider posting your question to the digital library
listserve (Digital Libraries Research mailing list
<[log in to unmask]>) or looking into sites like the Berkeley
Digital Library sunsite (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/) which has a great
deal of information on the subject as well as useful links, such as Howard
Besser's page on Imaging (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Imaging/Databases/).

In your general area, I might also look into work being done at the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville in their Institute for Advanced
Technology at http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/.

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Mary W. Elings
Pictorial Archivist
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
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At 02:30 PM 05/09/2000 -0400, Wade Lawrence wrote:
>Hello fellow listers,
>
>We are preparing a grant application to have the Drayton family papers
>microfilmed. Because of the manuscripts' fragile condition, these papers
>have been inaccessible to scholars, both outside and within Drayton Hall. We
>see this microfilm project as a way to give the public access to an
>important primary resource about 18th- and 19th-century lowcountry
>plantation life.
>
>My question is this... would digital imaging and storage on CD-ROM be a
>viable alternative to microfilm? Have any of you had good or bad experiences
>with digital imaging? Who would you recommend to do the work? What should we
>expect to spend to have this done? Would you still microfilm (as a backup
>medium)?
>
>Thank you in advance for your comments.
>--
>Wade Lawrence
>Asst. Director, Drayton Hall
>A National Trust historic site in Charleston, South Carolina
>Web: http://www.draytonhall.org
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
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