| Project participants: |
Griffith
University Library |
| Contact officer/s: |
Brian Reis, INS Web Coordinator (email
B.Reis@mailbox.gu.edu.au, phone
07 3875 6456 or fax 07 3875 5314) or J. Rickards (email
j.rickards@mailbox.gu.edu.au)
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| Project
description: Digitise ecologist Professor Len Webb's collection of
approximately 2,000 35mm transparencies held by the Griffith University Library
on Australian flora, fauna and landscapes and make a selection available on the
Web - with annotations compiled by Prof. Webb and Geoff Tracey. Aims of this
project being to enhance collection management, provide improved public access
to the collection and enhance preservation techniques. |
| URL of site: |
http://www.griffith.edu.au/text/ins/collections/webb/home.html |
| URL for project
information: |
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| Content: |
Photographs. |
| Digitisation policy and
priorities: |
No digitisation or online policy. 0.0001%
of the collections has already been digitised. |
| Timetable: |
Continuing project: 1 June 1997 - 31
December 2000 |
| Budget and funding: |
Commonwealth government funding - less
than $A20,000. |
| Staff resources: |
Digitisation out-sourced to private
company - inhouse image editing for Web display. |
| Technical standards: |
Transparencies were scanned onto PhotoCD.
Lower resolution images have been prepared in JPEG format. Migration will be
contemplated when and as deemed necessary. |
| Cataloguing and
indexing: |
A database package is being used to
generate HTML pages and listings. Dublin Core metadata is being used. |
| Comments: |
When out-sourcing, be very clear in
specifying standards required. Run a small pilot to test feasibility and
establish timeframes. |
Last modified: August 09 2004.