>One of the reasons for having an archival TIFF file is because you can >derive other kinds of digital files (like lower resolution jpegs) from >it for your website, publications, collection database etc. Exactly. If the library director is saying that TIFFs aren't needed because you can always go back to the originals, he/she is missing the point. The goal should be, get a good, high quality scan of the original so that you handle the original as little as possible - ideally, you handle the original once to do the scan, save that scan to a high resolution TIFF, then that's it for the original. The TIFF file is used to make whatever derivatives you need, then put the TIFF away as an archival master. And by the way, the TIFF should be uncompressed. Yes, TIFF takes up a great deal of storage space, but space is cheap. Consider, too: It's easy to migrate down from a very large file (e.g. TIFF to small JPEG for web use) but very difficult to ramp up from a small one (e.g. small JPEG to publication quality TIFF or JPEG for print use). Carole Prietto Daughters of Charity, West Central Province St. Louis A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>