[Genealib] Storing high resolution digital files

[bstriker]

Here at Boone County, I use iomega HDD external hard drives to store my digital archive tiffs. Most external hard drives are reasonably priced considering the value of the digital archive materials. 

Bridget B. Striker
Local History Librarian
Boone County Public Library
Scheben Branch
859 384-5550

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Karen Miller <kakmiller at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Librarians Serving Genealogists <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Date:  Fri, 2 Feb 2007 07:32:06 -0800 (PST)

>Our library is a participant in a cooperative online
>database called Digital Past.  The participants  scan
>and catalog photographs and documents that previously
>were only available onsite.  The server housing the
>database can only accomodate low resolution images
>suitable for viewing online.  The high resolution
>archival images are the responsibility of each library
>to handle on their own.  The files are taking up a lot
>of space on our library's server...way too much space
>I've been told.  I've tried burning CDs, then DVDs,
>but the process is tedious and sometimes unreliable. 
>I want to be archivally responsible and maintain the
>high resolution files if I can.  What do other
>institutions do with their archival digital TIFFs?
>
>Karen Miller
>Wilmette Public Library
>Wilmette, IL
>
>
> 
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