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Description: |
xvi, 529 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
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General Note: |
Revised edition of: Archives & manuscripts--administration of photographic collections. 1984. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-510) and index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Subject: Presented from an archival perspective, the book focuses on systematically working with collections of photographs, regardless of their age, size, condition, or usage levels, and addresses: Archival management of photos, History of photography, Preservation issues and techniques, Interpreting photographs, Legal issues, Digitizing, Using photographs in outreach and educational efforts. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: 1. Photographs in archival collections -- 2. History of photographic processes -- 3. Reading and researching photographs -- 4. Appraisal and acquisitions -- 5. Accessioning and arrangement -- 6. Description and cataloging -- 7. Preservation -- 8. Integrating preservation and archival procedures -- 9. Reference services and the research room -- 10. Legal and ethical issues of ownership, access, and usage -- 11. Copying and duplication -- 12. Digitizing photographs -- 13. Outreach : public programs, public relations, and fund-raising. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn. Photographs. Chicago : Society of American Archivists, ©2006 (OCoLC)607773249 |