Preservation Services at Dartmouth College: Preservation Week Pointer #4

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Preservation Week Pointer #4 - Save Your Digital Photographs!

Preservation Week: April 22- 29, 2012. This week on the blog we're highlighting Preservation Week with daily pointers for preserving your personal collections.

When you upload digital photographs to online services for sharing (such as Facebook, Flickr, Google+, etc.) those services automatically compress your images. What does that mean? Well, they’ll still look fine when viewed on the web, but if you ever want to download them in their original high quality for printing, you’re out of luck! So while these sites are great for sharing, it’s best to save a high-resolution copy of your original image on your own computer (and back it up, of course).

Some services such as Flickr will store high-resolution images if you pay for a pro account, but most don’t do this for free accounts…be sure to do your research if you want high-quality images to use in the future. For more information about preserving digital photographs visit the Library of Congress Keeping Personal Digital Photographs web page.

Preservation Week at Dartmouth College Library is part of an annual event sponsored by the American Library Association to raise awareness of preservation issues and solutions. For more information visit our website.

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Contributors

Deborah Howe Is the Collections Conservator at Dartmouth College Library. She's been involved in the book community for over 20 years. She is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and teaches classes in the Book Arts program.

Ryland Ianelli Is a cartoonist and Project Specialist in the Dartmouth Preservation Services department. He graduated from Reed College with a BA in Art History in 2008 and, more recently, from the Center for Cartoon Studies with an MFA in Cartooning in 2010. In addition to his work in Preservation and the Digital Production Unit, he is currently drawing and writing for various independently published comics and anthologies.

Barb Sagraves has been head of Preservation Services since its creation in 1995. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan SLIS program, has an MA in Medieval History from Michigan State University, and a BA in History from the University of Oklahoma. In her role as department head, Barb has overall responsibility for the preservation program and policies at Dartmouth College Library and is in charge of the Book Arts Program.

Jenny Mullins has been the Digital Preservation Librarian for Dartmouth College Library since May of 2014. Prior to coming to Dartmouth, she preserved video and audio collections, helped build a digital repository and worked in book and paper conservation labs. Jenny is a member of ALA and co-chair of the Preservation Metadata Interest Group for 2015-17.