Best practice would be to watermark only derivative files made for distribution. Your archival preservation scan should not be watermarked since it does cause some degradation of image quality. Howard Brainen Digital Imaging Consultant TWO CAT DIGITAL INC. 14719 Catalina Street San Leandro, CA 94577 USA 510-940-2670 x201 www.twocatdigital.com blog: www.digitalenabler.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Ryals Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:09 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Questions Regarding the Use of Digital Watermarking for Collections Dear Members, We are digitizing a huge collection of documents and I was wondering what the thoughts are about the use of digital watermarking. I know that this was a hot-button issue a few years ago due as a means of protecting intellectual property and maintaining institutional authority on the Web. Is the practice of using watermarks now considered part of digital archival procedure or is the jury still out among digital archivists about the practice? Thanks, Robert Ryals Claude Pepper Library 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]> 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]>