Oversized image scanning project

The final report of the second phase of the Oversize Color Images
Project is now available at Columbia University Libraries' web site:

    http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/nysmb

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    on the Digital Imaging page in Conservation OnLine
    http://palimpsest.stanford.edu

The project has focussed on use of digital imaging to provide access
to brittle volumes which contain oversize and color illustrations,
in this particular case maps.  Phase I dealt with image quality
issues when scanning from oversize, color maps and from film
intermediaries.  In Phase II the scanned illustrations were mounted
with bit mapped images of the text pages scanned from preservation
microfilm to provide a complete facsimile of the volumes online. The
web site include the reports on both phases, as well as over 300
images of the maps captured through various means, and four complete
volumes of the New York State Museum Bulletin, both text and
illustrations.  The project has been funded through a contract from
the Commission on Preservation and Access, which has also published
a paper version of the Phase I final report.

We would welcome comments from anyone on either phase of the
project.

Janet Gertz
Director for Preservation
Columbia University Libraries

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