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The Edgerton Center (at MIT) is planning a website of Edgerton's work. The Center would like to include scanned images of the Edgerton notebooks held by the Institute Archives in microfilm format. Archives is waiting to hear from a contractor about the price of scanning the microfilm. Liz said that the scanned images will represent artifacts that no longer exist since the photographs were removed from the original notebooks after they were microfilmed. Liz expressed concern that we might lose track of miscellaneous but relevant information like this if we don't document it. There followed some discussion about how to address this problem. Minutes of the various Dome project subgroups is seen as one way to keep track of special considerations that are not addressed on the project forms. In addition, Beverly will identify a place on the DSG wiki where staff members may post special considerations or issues about various projects.
DOME COLLECTIONS | Institute Archives & Special Collections |
COLLECTION | Edgerton Notebooks |
Content | Research notebooks of Harold "Doc" Edgeton see: http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/collections-mc/mc25/index.html |
Size | 37 notebooks(approx. 5,000 pages) |
Age | 1930s-1980s |
Source | original or microfilm |
Rights | Need to review photograph property rights |
Anticipated Audience | Those interested in "Doc". Promotion of MIT history. Edgerton Center, MIT Museum. |
Benefits | On-line access |
Format Risk | minimal |
Format | Original notebooks including photographs, charts, drawings. Also on microfilm |
Metadata | descriptive |
Funding | Potential through Edgerton Foundation funding (Edgerton Center currently looking to fund digitization of films and open to other material) |
Other Comments | We recently digitized a dozen audio-tapes from the collection |