Blogs tend to be text-based but they often also include images. This advice document provides an overview of blogs, considering how they can be used as both sources of images and as tools for managing and presenting your own images.
Read full advice document...Wikis are websites that allow groups of users to collaborate on content creation. Although largely text-based, they can include images. This document looks at ways in which you might use wikis as a source of images for use in your own work. It also provides an overview of how wikis handle images for those who already use or are thinking of setting up a wiki.
Read full advice document...This advice document looks at the most common features offered by a number of photo sharing sites, highlights the pros and cons of using such sites, and offers some practical tips for both finding images and organising your own images.
Read full advice document...This document looks at the pros and cons of using the photo sharing site Flickr as a source of images.
Read full advice document...This document looks at the ways you can use the photo sharing site Flickr and some of its associated tools and services to help organise a collection of images.
Read full advice document...In planning a digitisation project, one of the major considerations will be where you decide to do the digitising and how to make best use of the workspace. Ensuring the area is designed and set up correctly will not only help establish a smooth and effective workflow, but will also make sure the project personnel involved are at their happiest and therefore at their most productive. This document looks at the main issues to be considered when planning and setting up a workspace for digital imaging.
Read full advice document...Frequently asked questions about Model Release.
Read full advice document...This document looks at the history of photographic and movie film and how and why the film type has altered over time. The document also contains some frequently asked questions on film types and handling.
Read full advice document...This paper takes a look at the role and responsibilities of the digitisation project manager. It addresses common managerial challenges such balancing the expectations of stakeholders and ensuring the of quality of output. It is intended to be of use to the management team of time limited digitisation projects or to resource management staff planning to digitise their collection.
Read full advice document...This brief document takes an introductory view of pre-digitisation project considerations. It is intended to be of use to resource management staff considering the digitisation of all or part of their collection.
Read full advice document...This document is intended to inform the managers of analogue collections which have been identified for digitisation. It looks at the pros and cons of outsourcing digitisation work before contrasting these with carrying out work in-house.
Read full advice document...Local usability consultancy Cx partners have a thought provoking take on the power of photos to enhance your resources.

We have just released a new advice document looking at the different materials used to make film for stills and moving images.
Read blog entry...We’ve just released three newly updated documents in the Still images advice section.
Read blog entry...We’ve just released a completely updated advice document on using Flickr to find images.
Read blog entry...In the 16 months since Flickr launched The Commons, the photo sharing site’s partnership with publicly-held photography collections has seen close to 30 institutions signing up.
Read blog entry...Yesterday lunchtime a few of us got back to basics learning a little more about pinhole photography.
Read blog entry...A new service that overlays ‘product information’ hotpoints on web images has launched.
Read blog entry...The French photographer, JR has created a huge photographic installation on the rooftops of houses and on the sides of trains that pass through a large Kenyan slum.
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