archives here: http://dws.editme.com/Digital-Image-Archive-Solution (look
down at the bottom of the page)
Use 'admin' for account and password.
This copy just has some thumbnail images from 1910. The large versions of
the images are not stored in the solution.
Feel free to use, modify, etc..
Fred
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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Fred Bartels <fredbartels@gmail.com>wrote=
:
> Hi Ali,
>
> We have what I would call a beta FileMaker solution. I say beta because
> although everything works we created the solution quickly last summer and
> have made minimal use of it between the end of the summer and now and
> haven't deployed it.
>
> Essentially we store the scanned images on one of our Appleshare servers
> and reference those images from the server-hosted FM solution.
>
> Here is an image of the screen used by the scanners to tag the images:
> http://dws.editme.com/Digital-Image-Archive-Solution
>
> Happy to share the solution with anyone interested.
>
> Fred
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Yares, Ali <ayares@parkschool.net>wrote=
:
>
>> I think that this has been mentioned before, but we are looking into a w=
ay
>> to store, tag, and preserve our photos digitally.
>>
>> There are a number of people who must access these photos and need the
>> capability to get both low-res (for most purposes) and high res photos. =
We
>> also need a way to easily go through the pictures and find specific phot=
os
>> based on a number of criteria.
>>
>> We also want our teachers to be able to store pictures and tag/identify
>> events and people in the pictures.
>>
>> Two different methods that we are looking into are purchasing a network
>> drive and then software to deal with the archiving and categorizing of t=
he
>> pictures.
>> The issues we see is that we still have to maintain a backup.
>> No way to ensure the photos survive in the event of someone stealing the
>> hardware or a fire.
>> Difficult to access photos off campus.
>> Software needs to work for both Mac & PC Users and be adaptable to the
>> future requirements of photos.
>>
>>
>> A second option we are looking into is a cloud computing option such as
>> Flickr's pro-account.
>> We still have to think about how to back up the information, since most =
of
>> them don't seem to insure backup.
>> Security is also more of a concern. We wouldn't want just anyone to be
>> able to access these pictures.
>>
>>
>> Our Art Department also wants to create an archive of student art work.
>>
>>
>> My question is about whether any schools have found a successful way to
>> digitally archiving and categorizing pictures.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ali Yares
>> Park School of Baltimore
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Fred Bartels
> Dir. of Info. Tech.
> Rye Country Day School
>
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Fred Bartels
Dir. of Info. Tech.
Rye Country Day School
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