Abstract

Academic libraries have managed print-based aerial photography collections for many years. Some have spent substantial time and effort digitizing items in those collections. Additionally, some libraries have taken on the task of georeferencing these digital images. In recent decades, libraries have begun to receive and manage born-digital georeferenced orthorectified aerial imagery collections, as this acquisition format has superseded print-based photographs. There are significant challenges associated with this shift to managing born-digital imagery. This article describes one academic library’s approach, over the past two decades, of managing a collection of digital georeferenced aerial imagery used in teaching, research, university operations, and all-purpose inquiry by the public. The management activities detailed in here aim to provide helpful information for other libraries having interest in maintaining similar collections.

摘要

学术图书馆多年来一直管理基于印刷的航空摄影收藏。有些人花费了大量时间和精力将这些馆藏中的项目数字化。此外，一些图书馆已经承担了对这些数字图像进行地理配准的任务。近几十年来，图书馆已经开始接收和管理原生数字地理参考正射影像集合，因为这种采集格式已经取代了基于打印的照片。这种向管理原生数字图像的转变存在重大挑战。本文描述了一个学术图书馆在过去二十年中管理用于教学、研究、大学运营和公众多用途查询的数字地理参考航空影像集合的方法。