Photographs : archival care and management / by Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler & Diane Vogt-O'Connor ; with Helena Zinkham, Brett Carnell & Kit Peterson
Author(s): Vogt-O'Connor, Diane | Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- Photographs : archival care and management
- Author(s)
- Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn
Vogt-O'Connor, Diane - Publisher
- Chicago, IL : Society of American Archivists, 2006
- Collation
- xvi, 529 pages : illustrations (some color)
29 cm - ISBN
- 1931666172
- Dewey Class
- 771.46
- Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. PHOTOGRAPHS IN ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS. Introduction ; The Photographic Record ; Photographs from Historical, Aesthetic, and Sociological Perspectives ; Characteristics of Photographs ; Photographs as Documentary Evidence ; Farm Security Administration Photographs ; Photojournalism ; Amateur Photographs ; Local Professional Photographers ; Photographs in the art World ; Summary ; Chapter 1 Notes --
2. HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES. Uses of Technical Knowledge ; Basic Photographic Principles ; Description of Processes ; Summary ; Chapter 2 Notes --
3. READING AND RESEARCHING PHOTOGRAPHS. Introduction ; How to Read Photographs ; How to Research Photographs ; Summary ; Chapter 3 Notes --
4. APPRAISAL AND ACQUISITIONS. Introduction ; Establishing a Collecting Policy ; Identifying and Documenting Candidate Photographs ; The Values and Uses of Archival Photographs ; Evidential Value ; Informational Value ; Artifactual Value ; Associational Value ; Monetary Value ; Usage Values ; Analyzing Baseline Usage Value ; Consideration of Costs and Risks ; Appraisal Skills and Learning Resources ; Summary ; Chapter 4 Notes ; Chapter 4 Appendices --
5. ACCESSIONING AND ARRANGEMENT. Introduction ; Accessioning Photograph Collections ; Arranging Photograph Collections ; Resources Needed for Accessioning and Arrangement ; Summary ; Chapter 5 Notes --
6. DESCRIPTION AND CATALOGING. Introduction ; How to Describe Photographs ; Planning for Description and Access Tools ; Guides to Repository Holdings ; Finding Aids ; Catalog Records ; Authority Records and Authority Files ; Guidelines and Standards ; Resource Needs and Risk Prevention ; Summary ; Chapter 6 Notes --
7. PRESERVATION. Implementing a Preservation Program ; Photographs as Physical Objects ; Causes of Deterioration ; Preservation Environment ; Storage Furniture ; Enclosure Materials ; Housing and Storage Systems ; Preservation Procedures ; Basic Preservation Steps for Specific Photographic Formats and Processes ; Glass Plate Negatives ; Lantern Slides ; Film Negatives ; Color Photographs ; Summary ; Chapter 7 Notes --
8. INTEGRATING PRESERVATION AND ARCHIVAL PROCEDURES. Field Work and Preservation Assessment of New Collections ; Receiving and Accessioning ; Holdings Maintenance ; Arrangement and Description ; Reference Use of Photographic Materials ; Exhibition ; Emergency Preparedness ; Summary ; Chapter 8 Notes --
9. REFERENCE SERVICES AND THE RESEARCH ROOM. Introduction ; Typical Researchers ; Service Levels ; The Research Room ; Orientation for Researchers ; Serving Photographs: Request Slips and Pulling and Refiling Collections ; Monitoring the Research Room and Responding to Emergency Situations ; Photographic Copying and Publication Permission Policies ; Managing Challenges and Risks of Photographs in the Research Room ; Reference Training ; Chapter 9 Notes ; Chapter 9 Appendices --
10. LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF OWNERSHIP, ACCESS, AND USAGE. Introduction ; Ownership ; Copyrights: An Overview ; Privacy Law ; Publicity Legislation ; Obscenity ; Ethical Issues ; Simple Misuse of Images ; How to Learn More about the Law ; Summary ; Chapter 10 Notes ; Chapter 10 Appendices --
11. COPYING AND DUPLICATION. Introduction ; Copying vs. Duplication vs. Reformatting ; Photographic industry - A Period of Change ; Institutional Requirements ; Use and Reproduction Policies ; Establishing a Copy Program ; Range of Services ; Physical Condition and Format of Original Photographs to be Copied ; Preservation Considerations during Copying ; Commercial Copying Practices with Historical Materials ; Summary ; Chapter 11 Notes --
12. DIGITIZING PHOTOGRAPHS. Introduction ; Benefits of Digitizing Photographs ; Uses of Digitized Photographs ; Planning a Conversion Project ; Digital Imaging Guidelines ; Digitization Project Quality Control and Quality Assurance ; Managing and Preserving Digital Images ; Resources for Learning about Digitizing Photographs ; Summary ; Chapter 12 Notes --
13. OUTREACH: PUBLIC PROGRAMS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND FUND-RAISING. Introduction ; Fifteen Key Outreach Possibilities ; Evaluation ; Risks of Outreach ; How to Learn More about Outreach ; Chapter 13 Notes ; Chapter 13 Appendices --
APPENDICES I: Supplies and Equipment for the Care and Storage of Photographic Materials ; II: Setting up a Workstation for Examining and Housing Photographic Materials ; III: Funding Sources ; IV: Locating Sources of Assistance ; V: Learning Resources ; VI: Sensitive Photographs and Research Access -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX. - Language
- English
- Subject
- Photographs -- Conservation and restoration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Photograph collections -- Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc - BRN
- 10194
Notes
- Revised edition of: Archives & manuscripts - administration of photographic collections. 1984.
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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771.46 RIT
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