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While both types of images may be ingested to the PUL repository, when creating Research images it is desirable to follow best practices recommendations. Staff will need to make a judgement of what quality type of image is appropriate to the material being digitized and its intended use. Additional considerations are the availability of equipment, timeframe, quality of the source material, and storage costs. Some of these issues are already accounted for in the guidelines, such as using the lower-resolution "Optimized for OCR" standards for text-based material, as opposed to the "Special Collections on Paper and Film" standards.
File/Directory naming
All image files should use an 8.3 naming convention: eight digits, numeric, sequential, padded with leading zeros followed by a lowercase, three-character file extension, e.g. 00000013.tif, ensuring consistent and relevant image order. Directory names and structure should reflect the collection.
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