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- Which digital photographs will be preserved?
- Do you need to keep all versions of the digital photographs?
- See your Collection Management Development policy
Digital Photograph File Format
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How are the files grouped? Will you need to make changes?
Do you rely on filenames for grouping and accessing the digital photographs?
Consider using metadata such as:
unique identifiers that relate to specific filenames
structural metadata
Packaging Issue | Digital Photographs acquired in a single batch |
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Organize by Date, Project, or Photographer/Digitizing Vendor Organize by Accession or Purchase | |
Packaging Issue | Digital Photographs with multiple versions |
Organize by Photograph version (primary, access, crop, etc.) Organize by file format (TIFF, JPEG, GIF) |
Metadata
What metadata do you need, and have, and what metadata will be created automatically?