Remote Capture: Digitising Documentary Heritage in Challenging Locations

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Contents

List of figures		1
List of tables		5
Contributors		7
Foreword		9
Acknowledgements		11
	A note on the text boxes	13
	Brands and manufacturers	13
	Digital resources	14

Introduction		15

1.	Planning the project	19
	Project design	19
	Calculating the budget	25

2.	Equipment and skills for digitising in the field	41
	Cameras and scanners	41
	The Digital SLR camera: a general introduction	45
	DSLRs: principles and settings	47
	Tripods, copy stands and remote controls	64
	Lighting and flash	73
	Copying glass plate negatives and transparencies	78
	Essential equipment and skills	81
	Practical advice for photography in the field	82
	Hard drives and data management	86
	Scanners	87

3.	Image standards	93
	Introduction	93
	Considerations	95
	Examples of good and bad images	98

4.	Collection care and document handling	113
	General considerations for safe handling of library material	113
	Dirty and dusty material	115
	Pictures and glass plate negatives	116
	Loose-leaf items	116
	Bound items	117
	Housing	119

5.	A workflow for digitisation	121
	Preparation	122
	Creation of the digital images	126
	Renaming and organising the digital images	128
	Developing and exporting the digital images	129
	Backing up	130
	Virus checking	136
	Cataloguing/creation of metadata	136

6.	On the ground	139
	Before departure	141
	Politics	148
	Local liaison and partnerships	154
	Managing expectations	154
	Communication	159
	Staff and their management	160
	Money	164
	Outreach and publicity	167

Conclusion		171

Further resources		175
	Useful downloads	175
	Other reading	175
	Glossary	176

Index		179

Digital Appendices available online at https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0138.11
	Digital Appendix 1. Practical Methods for Digitisation
	Digital Appendix 2. Using Electronic Flash
	Digital Appendix 3. Digitisation Process Notes
	Digital Appendix 4. Costed Equipment List