January 21, 2009
Quote from BPI:
Hi Beverly,
Thanks for getting everyone together yesterday to walk through the digitization of the selected 308 maps. As we decided, we will capture the images at 300dpi at size and name them with the sheet index number. The files will be saved as black and white images and transferred to a removable hard drive. No derivatives will be created for this project. For this service we will charge $30.00/map. Based on 308 maps the total for this project is $9240.00. As soon as the maps can be released let me know so we can schedule the production.
Thanks again,
Dave
January 20, 2009
Notes by Lisa Sweeney
Meeting with Boston Photo Imaging in Rotch Library
Present: Jennifer Friedman, Lisa Sweeney, Beverly Turner, and 2 reps from BPI
T&P series
- 308 sheets (all 24x36), all to be scanned as greyscale at 300 dpi - Steve from BPI assured us that this will capture all details (including fading parts on the diazo prints) without unnecessarily increasing file size
- estimated hard drive size needed for data transfer = 500 GB (formatted as FAT32 so its easy to transfer between MAC and Windows)
- BPI will take the entire series to their workshop in Back Bay when MIT gets the ok for any copyright issues. all maps will be scannd in the same setup, at the same size; setup, scanning (photographing from above), and quality control checking will all be done in about 1 weeks time. MIT does not need derivatives for this project.
other Boston maps
- will be of different colors, scale, size, and locations
- copyright needs to be checked for each map selected
- BPI would like more information about
- desired file names to be used
- list of number of maps larger than 40x50 (will have to be shot in 2 pieces)
- if any maps need to be captured on more than 1 side
follow up
- Jennifer and Drew (and Lisa) will work on getting the 'other boston maps' information together
- Beverly will get more information and get back to Jennifer and Lisa about project planning and budgeting