Managing Image Collections

This book explores issues surrounding all aspects of visual collection management, taken from real-world experience in creating management systems and digitizing core content. Readers will gain the knowledge to manage the digitization process from beginning to end, assess and define the needs of their particular project, and evaluate digitization options. Additionally, they will select strategies which best meet current and future needs, acquire the knowledge to select the best images for digitization, and understand the legal issues surrounding digitization of visual collections. - Offers practical information for the busy information professional - Concentrates solely on image management - Focuses on unique needs of born digital and digitized images

Margot Note has a Master's in History from Sarah Lawrence College, a Master's in Library and Information Science, and a Post-Master's Certificate in Archives and Records Management, both from Drexel University. She is a Certified Archivist based in New York and is the Director of Archives and Information Management at World Monuments Fund, an international historic preservation organization.