Image capture standards

Bound Volumes: Rare and Special Materials

Illuminated manuscripts, works that feature illustrations of special artistic or graphic interest

FADGI 4

Rare and special material, including colour critical material should be digitised using photography equipment capable of achieving a highly accurate image

400 ppi resolution

16 bit depth

Adobe 1998 colour space

Colour

Bound Volumes: General Collections

Textual and illustrated bound books, journals with clearly legible type and visual-arts elements of limited significance

FADGI 3

General collection material should be digitised to a preservation standard but, limited visual-arts elements mean this material does not need to be captured at level 4

Documents (Unbound): Manuscripts and Other Rare and Special Materials

Rare and special materials represent manuscripts, illustrations of special artistic or graphic interest

Note: In the Library context manuscripts (such as the papers of prominent Australians) will be considered ‘Documents (Unbound): General Collections’ except for components of special artistic or graphic interest which will be treated as ‘Documents (Unbound): Manuscripts and Other Rare and Special Materials’.

FADGI 4

Rare and special material, including colour critical material should be digitised using photography equipment capable of achieving a highly accurate image

400 ppi resolution

16 bit depth

Adobe 1998 colour space

Colour

Documents (Unbound): General Collections

Textual and illustrated materials e.g., evenly printed typeset or laser printed pages, includes visual-arts elements of limited significance

FADGI 3

General collection material should be digitised to a preservation standard but, limited visual-arts elements mean this material does not need to be captured at level 4

Oversize Items: Maps, Posters, and Other Materials

Maps, Posters, and Other Materials with Challenging Features

FADGI 3

This material should be digitised to a preservation standard but, unless it falls into the category of rare and special material, does not need to be captured at level 4

Newspapers - Hardcopy

FADGI 3

Newspapers should be digitised to a preservation standard but, limited visual-arts elements mean this material does not need to be captured at level 4

Prints and Photographs

Includes photographic prints, graphic-arts prints (intaglio, lithographs, etc.), drawings, some paintings, (e.g., watercolours), and some maps.

FADGI 4

Prints and photographs have unique and subtle qualities that should be captured as accurately as possible

Photographic Transparencies: 35mm to 4”x5”

Black-and-white or colour (positive) transparencies that can be captured as a complete image

FADGI 4

Photographic transparencies should be digitised to the highest standard possible to support future (use such as image enlargement for exhibitions)

Photographic Transparencies Larger than 4” x 5”

Black-and-white or colour (positive) transparencies that are likely to require post-capture assembly to produce a complete image.

FADGI 4

Photographic transparencies should be digitised to the highest standard possible to support future use (such as image enlargement for exhibitions)

Photographic Negatives: 35mm to 4”x5”

Black-and white or colour negatives that can be captured as a complete image.

FADGI 4

Photographic negatives should be digitised to the highest standard possible to support future use (such as production of photographic prints)

Photographic Negatives Larger than 4” x 5”

Black-and white or colour negatives that are likely to require post-capture assembly to produce a complete image.

FADGI 4

Photographic negatives should be digitised to the highest standard possible to support future use (such as production of photographic prints)

Paintings and Other Two-Dimensional Art (Other Than Prints)

Original art works including oil paintings, water colour

FADGI 4

Paintings and other works of art have unique and subtle qualities that should be captured as accurately as possible

Printed Matter, Manuscripts, and Other Documents on Microfilm

Newspapers on microfilm

FADGI 3

A preservation copy of newspaper on microfilm is required. Note that FADGI quality level 3 specifications are significantly different for this type of material. High resolution is required to account for reduction scale used when microfilm was created.