sleeves carefully to avoid inflicti

sleeves carefully to avoid inflicting further damage. The technician,
after scanning, made attempts in Photoshop to minimize some of the
visual imperfections that appeared in the scans because of the
condition of the originals. This was a time-consuming process.
However, this project was as much about preservation as it was access
and outreach. Several images were chosen precisely because they
would not last much longer.
One positive result of these problems was the creation of
standards for imaging workflow and various file-management issues
such as naming conventions and folder hierarchy systems. In one way,
the scanning issues we had to confront were beneficial (albeit
annoying), because they provided us with a solid foundation of
practical experience working with a variety of formats that would
allow us in future projects to anticipate potential problems and enable
us to construct schedules that would accommodate them. They also
gave us a greater understanding of the logistics involved in the
deceptively simple and clear-cut process of “digitization,” which
increasingly has become, for the uninitiated, a buzzword for quickand-dirty reproduction and document delivery.