The preservation aspects of digitization

This working group will address the role of preservation in relation to digitisation. It will focus on selection criteria from a preservation point of view, how to organize workflow in digitization as to meet preservation requirments and other related topics.

Finnish Museum of Photography (workpackage leader)

2000-2002

Report of the third Expert Meeting, Helsinki/Stockholm, 17- 19 March 2000

Guidelines for selecting and using scanning equipment for digitisation of historical photographs.
Preservation issues in digitizing historical photographs
( the printed version is also available in PDF, 15MB! )

These guidelines are also available in french:
La numérisation des photographies historiques et les enjeux de la conservation [PDF 1.801KB)
(traduction: Jean-Paul Gandolfo, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière, Noisy-le-Grand, France)

Riitta Koskivirta, Conservator, email: riitta.koskivirta@fmp.fi