BCR's Digital Imaging Best Practices

[StephGaub]

I just found out about this at AASLH. BCR prepared a report based on the "Western States Digital Imaging Best Practice Guide". Here's the link to download:

http://www.bcr.org/cdp/best/digital-imaging-bp.pdf

Here's what their webpage says about it:

BCR is pleased to make available the 2008 version of BCR’s CDP Digital Imaging Best
Practices. It is intended to serve as a guide for practitioners in cultural heritage
institutions that seek to create images from physical objects. Originally published by the
Colorado Digitization Program in 2003 as the Western States Digital Imaging Best
Practices, this updated version reflects the many changes that have occurred in the field
during the last five years.

[Tib Shaw]

The Minnesota Digital Library has a live link to the guide you mentioned, and more. Standards & Best Practices : Digitizing & Metadata : MDL

We are just preparing to embark on planning for creating a digital image bank that will include images of artwork from our exhibits and our permanent collection, as well as historical, event and educational images.

This started as a project to create a digital library of pieces from our permanent collection and is expanding rapidly...I imagine I am not alone in this sort of situation

If anyone has real-life advice, cautionary tales or resources they recommend, I'd love to hear about it.

Cheers,
Tib