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Tips and tools for digitizing a museum collection

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Author(s)

Regina L. Avila, Susan A. Sanders, Keith R. Martin

Abstract

This article is a "how to guide" for directing and managing a museum photography project. It is based on what the NIST Research Library learned as we went through the process of gathering and photographing museum objects, organizing the digital images, and placing them into an online digital archive. (www.nist.gov/digitalarchives).
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Online
Volume
35
Issue
6
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

digital preservation, NIST Museum, NIST Research Library, digital photography, digitization

Citation

Avila, R. , Sanders, S. and Martin, K. (2011), Tips and tools for digitizing a museum collection, Online, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=909517 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created November 1, 2011, Updated November 15, 2019
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