Bonni-Dara,

There is no one magic number for the resolution of images.  You should be
choosing a resolution based on the size and in some cases the detail included
in the original.  The long-term needs of the institution and your audience
need to be balanced against cost, staff time, etc.

There is no "standard" but generally projects are scanning photographs between
3000-7000 pixels across the long dimension for master images. Other materials
(text, maps, oversize, etc.) have their own target resolution.)

We are currently revising our Best Practice guidelines for the creation of
digital images - I'll post an announcement when they are complete.

In the mean time visit the CDP's site for our current guidelines and links to
several other projects guidelines.

http://coloradodigital.coalliance.org

Best,

Richard Urban
Operations Coordinator
Colorado Digitization Project
[log in to unmask]
http://coloradodigital.coalliance.org

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:40:55 -0400 Bonni-Dara Michaels
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Steve Friesen mentioned digitizing the photo
> collection and providing photo
> quality copies of images using an inkjet
> printer.  What dpi isconsidered
> optimal for scanning?  Is there an "industry
> standard" among museums?
>
> Bonni-Dara Michaels
> Collections Curator
> Yeshiva University Museum
> 15 West 16th Street
> New York, New York 10011
>
> =========================================================
> Important Subscriber Information:
>
> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at
> http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You
> may obtain detailed information about the
> listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail
> message to [log in to unmask] . The
> body of the message should read "help" (without
> the quotes).
>
> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a
> one line e-mail message to
> [log in to unmask] . The body of the
> message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without
> the quotes).
>

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).