Scanning Project Report Available

[Janet Gertz <gertz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Janet Gertz <gertz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: Oversize Color Images 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 
 
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