On Thu, 18 Jul 1996 21:01:58 -0700  T. F. Heck wrote:

>Curently I am working on a position paper on this subject for
possible
>presentation at a conference of theatre scholars in the fall, and am
>toying with calling the paper:
>      "Scanning Resolution as a Practical Solution to
>      Image-Sharing and Copyright Protection Issues"
>
>I would very much like to hear from museum administrators who have
>considered the pros and cons of free thumbnails or modest resolution
>images as a means of making their holdings easily reviewable and
better
>known, while retaining higher resolution scans (potentially
publication
>quality) for controlled access, and possibly for a reproduction fee
as
>well.


>   Any thoughts or useful experience to share?  Send replies to me
if you
>wish and I will summarize for the list, otherwise let's have a
>free-for-all.
>
>T. F. Heck ([log in to unmask])
>   Head, OSU Music Library and Professor of Music

I'm in charge of our collections database imaging project & in charge
of okaying images for our Web page.  Simply put, I'd say you've
answered your own question: it doesn't take much deliberation to
realize that 72 dpi thumbnails or the like are all that's required
for either  database viewing or a Web page (most monitors can't
reproduce more than that) and better-quality material should
obviously be kept for income-producing licensing.  (Unless the
individual museum doesn't care about this source of revenue, which is
of course is its perogative. But one cannot change one's mind later,
after giving everything away... )  Good luck!
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amalyah keshet
director, visual resources, the israel museum, jerusalem
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
date: 07/26/96
visit our web site at http://www.imj.org.il
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