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Digitization Projects–Australia
Source: Computerworld Australia
Race against time to digitize decaying images
“If the thought of backing up e-mail evokes feelings of dread, spare a thought for Australia’s librarians who are racing against the clock to digitize millions of decaying photographic images before nature has its cruel way. While IT managers may worry about whether their document management solutions are legally up to scratch, photographic curators – charged with the safekeeping of Australia’s pictorial history – have to deal with a pervading smell of vinegar as their cellulose assets shrivel and die. NSW chief librarian Dagmar Schmidmaier, who runs the state’s largest collection of images and documents at the Mitchell Library (NSW State Library), said the first priority is to make sure all key historical areas are covered and no eras get lost.”

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