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Equipment | Links

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Equipment

Scanning [fees]

• Vidar Atlas P54 Plus large format scanner
  Maximum scan size: 54" wide x unlimited length x .6" thick
  Optical resolution: 508 dpi
  Maximum resolution: 2400 dpi
  Hardware color depth: 42-bit

• Epson Expression 1640XL Graphic Arts Edition flatbed scanner with automated document feeder (ADF)
  Maximum scan size: 12.2" x 17.2"
  Optical resolution: 1600 dpi
  Maximum resolution: 12800 dpi
  Hardware color depth: 42-bit
  Optical density: 3.7 Dmax

• Microtek 9800XL ScanMaker flatbed scanner
  Maximum scan size: 12" x 17"
  Optical resolution: 3200 x 1600 dpi
  Maximum resolution: 12800 dpi
  Hardware color depth: 48-bit
  Optical density: 3.6 Dmax

• Nikon Super CoolScan 4000ED slide scanner
  Maximum scan size: 25.1 mm x 38 mm
  Optical resolution: 4000 dpi
  Hardware color depth: 42-bit
  Optical density: 4.2 Dmax
  

Printing [fees]

• Minolta Magicolor 7300 color laser printer
  Maximum print size: 12" x 18"
  Minimum margins: .16" from all sides
  Resolution: 9600 x 600 dpi

• HP DesignJet 800PS color inkjet plotter
  Maximum print size: 42" wide x 150'
  Resolution: 2400 x 1200 dpi
  

Workstations [fees]

• 3 Dell Optiplex GX270 Small Mini Tower workstations with:
  CD-RW (ISO 9660-compliant)/ DVD-RW
  Zip drives - 250MB
  Maxtor external hard drives - 250GB

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Links

Glossaries

• Glossary: Image Terminology and Acronyms - provided by TASI, the Technical Advisory Service for Images
• Digital Initiatives Terminology - provided by the University of Virginia
• Digitization Glossary - provided by CDP, the Collaborative Digitization Program

Best Practices and Other Planning Resources

• Collaborative Digitization Program - Digital Toolbox
• NINCH Guide to Good Practice in the Digital Representation and Management of Cultural Heritage Materials
• Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices Version 1.0 - updated January 2003
• Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI)
• Moving Theory Into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial - Cornell University Library
• Digital Library Federation

• Strategies and Tools for the Digital Library - Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Reports
• Best Practice Guidelines for Digital Collections at the UM Libraries  -- University of Maryland Libraries Digital Collections and Research

Metadata

• Introduction to Metadata - Pathways to Digital Information, The Getty
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• CDP Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices Version 2.1 - updated September 2005

Copyright

• Copyright - Syracuse University
• Copyright and Image Management - Georgia Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System

Discussion Groups

• IMAGELIB - Archives

Periodicals

• D-Lib Magazine

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Contact

Digital Imaging Services Center (DISC) | Room 045, Lower Level, E.S. Bird Library
Phone (315) 443-1398 | Fax: (315) 443-2060 | Email: disc@syr.edu
DISC Staff