Managing Digitization Activities · 109
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Group C
» Greatest detail desired
» Images for very detailed analysis (more than group B) and /or images
that are digitized for preservation purposes
» Born digital items where access to the original is limited
» Brittle and/or light sensitive archival materials (you may only be able to
scan the original once)
» Microprint /microform.
» Highest resolution standards
Examples: lantern slides brittle manuscript pages slides digitized for
preservation purposes painting in which detail of brush-
strokes is desired. higher
resolution
GROUP C Digitizing Standards
MASTER DISPLAY
Resolution 1200 -2500 dpi 300 dpi
Long Dimension 1050 -25K pixels 262 -3000 pixels
Bit Depth 1 bit bitonal, 8 bit grayscale, 24 bit color 1 bit bitonal, 8 bit
grayscale, 24 bit color
File Type TIFF JPEG
Compression None or lossless None or lossless
Dimensions used: low end -.875 X 1.75 inches high end -8 X 10 inches.
PRINT RESOULTION: Standard for each group
*Display image standard for GROUP A &GROUP B high resolution provided via URL
**Thumbnail images are generated by CONTENT
http://ubdigit.buffalo.edu/about/tools/digit_standards.php