MS 210: Shmuel Thaler photographs

[kellyChex]

Collection Information

• Formal collection title: Shmuel Thaler Photographs
• Collection number: MS 210
• Collection size: 33.7 GB

Objects

• Type of content (images, audio, albums, etc.): jpeg images
• Single objects / compound: Mostly single; it is possible that we may complexify portions of the collection
• Special requirements / issues: Born-digital
• 10640 files
• 3.2 MB is average filesize
• Files location: //artifacts2.library.ucsc.edu/diginit2/ms0210_shmuel_thaler/ms0210_borndigital/ms0210_thaler_pt1

Acceptance Criteria

This is what done looks like:

• [ ] Ingest metadata spreadsheet conforms to Bulkrax ingest specification
• [ ] Image files converted from jpeg to tiff
• [ ] Filenames checked and updates for all images on ingest spreadsheets
• [ ] Complexify (group) or deselect photos
• [ ] Representative image selected
• [ ] Files relocated to dams_ingest
• [ ] Collection has been successfully ingested
• [ ] Images display properly
• [ ] Metadata displays properly
• [ ] Collection has been published and is available to users on DAMS homepage

[rmjaffe]

This collection is currently split on to two spreadsheets. Once file renaming is work on the second spreadsheet is complete, the spreadsheet will be joined and ingest will move forward.

[chesleyperry]

Question: In their original form, as donated by Thaler, files are JPEG format. Will they need to be converted to TIFF before ingesting to DAMS? My recommendation from a digital preservation standpoint, is to convert them to TIFF and then save both TIFF and JPEG formats in a digital preservation repository so we have the FADGI-recommended version and the original (authentic) version donated by the creator.

[rmjaffe]

@chesleyperry Yes, the Thaler photos will need to be converted to TIFFs.

[rmjaffe]

@afrebert Not urgent or a priority, but can you confirm whether or not the Thaler photos have been converted?

[afrebert]

I checked; JPG originals still need to be converted to TIFFs

[rmjaffe]

Thanks for checking!

[rmjaffe]

Decision: Hold off on moving this collection forward. Conversion of files to TIFFs would be a lot of work; will wait until we know what direction we'll be going with a future DAMS.