Draft Document Available for Comments

BCR is inviting public comment on the draft version of BCR CDP Imaging Best Practices.  It is intended to serve as a guide for practitioners in cultural heritage institutions that seek to create digital images from physical objects. Originally published by the Colorado Digitization Program in 2003 as the Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices, this updated version reflects the many changes that have occurred in the digitization field during the last five years.

We will accept comments on the document until close of business, Friday, June 13, 2008. Thank you for your contributions.

Link to the entire document ( .pdf)
* Please note: the appendices referred to are not currently available.

Read each section and add your comments at the bottom.

• Section 1 = Purpose
• Section 2 = Scope
• Section 3 = Revisions
• Section 4 = Laying the Groundwork
• Section 5 = Digital Preservation
• Section 6 = Creation Basics
• Section 7 = Hardware Considerations
• Section 8 = Software Considerations
• Section 9 = Workspace
• Section 10 = Guidelines for Creating Digital Images
• Section 11 = Quality Control
• Section 12 = Describing Digital Images
• Section 13 = Digital Preservation ― Preservation Metadata and METS
• Section 14 = Storage