Digital Preservation

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Digital Photographs

Quality and Functionality Factors for Still Images

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/content/still_quality.shtml

Additional Reading | dpworkshop.org

E-Journals and Blogs Covering Digital Preservation D-Lib Magazine

http://www.dpworkshop.org/dpm-eng/resources.html

Resources - Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative

January 28, 2010

http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/guidelines/digitize-standards.html

University Library - Digital Imaging Guidelines

http://www.scu.edu/library/digital_initiatives/guidelines.cfm

Digital Imaging Guidelines Scanning and Saving Master Images

IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide

DPC Technology Watch Reports: ISSN 2048-7916

http://www.dpconline.org/publications/technology-watch-reports

The DPC Technology Watch Report series is intended as an advanced introduction to specific issues for those charged with establishing or running services for long term access. They identify and track developments in IT, standards and tools which are critical to digital preservation activities.

Formats are for saving When an image file is saved, all the bits in the file need to be stacked up in some way so they can be decoded.

File Format Migration | dpBestflow

http://www.dpbestflow.org/migration/file-format-migration