Message-Id: <mailto:199408191433.JAA09979@library.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 10:17:08 EDT From: Peter Hirtle <mailto:OZH@NIHCU.bitnet> Subject: Digital Imaging and Optical Storage Report Availability To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
The following is being cross-posted to ARCHIVES, ERECS-L, and IMAGELIB.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 AUGUST 1994
The Technology Research Staff of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration wishes to announce the electronic availability of its most recent report, DIGITAL-IMAGING AND OPTICAL DIGITAL DATA DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS: LONG-TERM ACCESS STRATEGIES FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES. The report documents the results of a two-year study of the use of digital imaging and optical media technologies by agencies of the U. S. federal government. The paper consists of an executive summary, a list of recommendations, an overview of the challenges involved in long-term data access, followed by five sections that describe digital image capture, indexing systems, optical digital data disk storage systems, information retrieval, and information management policy. Each of the five main report sections contains management issues, technology trends, user experiences, and recommendations. Four appendices provide detailed descriptions of agency site visits, a summary of relevant technical standards, a glossary of technical terms, and an annotated bibliography.
The report is available as two Postscript files at ftp://ftp.nara.gov/pub/technical_information_papers/. Compressed versions of the files are also available at that site. The files are:
TIP12PT1.PS 1,215,535 bytes 8-09-94 8:44a [TIP12PT1.PS contains the main body of the paper (up through page 98) in Postscript format.]
TIP12PT2.PS 1,313,326 bytes 8-08-94 2:37p [TIP12PT2.PS contains the four appendices of the paper (pages 99 through 295) in Postscript format.]
To print the technical information paper, you will need a Postscript printer with scalable fonts which include New Century Schoolbook, Courier, and Times Roman. (The paper was originally printed on a QMS PS810 Postscript printer.)