Carrie,

It is not really a plan or policy as such, but I'll let you know what we
do.

Each object is professionally photographed when it enters the museum, which
produces both slides and 4 x 5 transparencies.

I usually produce simple, low-res digital images for our database, or just
scan the slides. I am capable of producing higher quality digital images,
but I often do not have the equipment available, so the pro often does that
as well.

The purpose of the transparencies is publication as well as documentation,
but as more and more companies move to digital formats, we are thinking
that film will cease to be necessary for our purposes. We will continue to
do it for the time being, but I am suspecting that digital images will
overtake traditional film for the majority of our applications. It will
also save us quite a sum over the course of a year. We will still be able
to get the transparencies and slides, but will likely move away from always
getting them.

The traditional images are stored in the object files. The digital images
are stored on my hard drive and backed up to CD regularly. They are
organized in the same way as the object files, by accession number.

Hope that is helpful.

Mark Janzen
Registrar/Collections Manager
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art
Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection
Wichita State University
(316)978-5850



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Does any one have a photography plan that they would be willing to share
with me?

We are looking at tightening the procedure for object photography, as well
as developing database for accessing images.    I am looking for specific
policies regarding what types of images are taken for each object (film,
digital, high-resolution, etc.) and how images are stored.  I have searched
on-line and in the list archives and I have only found reference to
visitors taking photos in the galleries and photo reproduction fees.

Thank you,
Carrie Snow
Registrar
Museum of Church History and Art
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