Message-Id: <200005180709.AAA09588@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 23:58:45 -0700 From: Trudy Levy <mailto:Trudy@dig-mar.com> Subject: Re: Image Database Contributions To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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Kristine -
A similar project is understaken by a number of my marketing clients. They
have several contributors - satellite offices, photographers, etc. In order
to establish standards you need to establish the following:
image requirements
resolution - established by end use or the best you can store or
acquire. Think pixel size not dpi.
File naming convention - must include .file tag, 8 digits to be
compatible everywhere, unique, I advise sortable, but not required
Description
Structured vocabulary
Users needs to find image
Photographer name, publishing rights, original medium,
Hope this helps.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me or check my site -
DIG-Mar.com.
Trudy
"Kristine R. Brancolini" wrote:
> The Digital Library Program at Indiana University is currently working
> with our Center on Political Theory and Policy Analysis to create a
> web-based pre-print archive to support international scholarship on the
> management of common pool resources (CPR). The librarian at the center
> would also like to create a database of contributed images, similar to the
> database of contributed papers. Some of these images would be linked to
> papers, but most would be independent. In fact, they might be additional
> images related to research reported in the papers, but this would not be a
> requirement. Our goal is to create a system that would allow scholars
> from around the world to send us image files in specified formats with
> descriptive information. We will then offer a seachable database of these
> images on the web.
>
> Have any of you created such a database? We are in the early discussion
> stages and while there are numerous models for creating a working paper
> archive, this does not seem to be the case for image databases. We can
> extrapolte the guidelines and procedures from the image collections we
> have created, but the whole idea of having other people contribute the
> images is new to us. Your experience with this sort of database would be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Kristine R. Brancolini, Digital Library Program
> Main Library E048, 1320 E. Tenth Street
> Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
> Phone: 812.855.3710 | Fax: 812.856.2062 | Email: mailto:brancoli@indiana.edu
-- Trudy Levy
Image Integration
The Digital Imaging Guide
7 Third Ave. SF, CA 94118 415/750 1274
Images are information - manage them
www.DIG-mar.com
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