Working Group Notes From ASB 2008 Curators Workshop

  1. Partnerships

    a. Expertise

    b. Resources

    c. Make the case of developing the collections as institutional, state, regional resources.

  2. Resolution

    a. Debate over 300 vs. 600 dpi and degradation of quality through the process

  3. Priorities in deciding what to image

    a. Fragility/sensitivity/preservation concerns

    b. Collections strengths (rare specimen)

    c. Distances to travel for imaging

    d. Availability of resources.