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Articles in the EMG Library are grouped by subject and listed alphabetically by author.

DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION (see also DIGITAL IMAGING AND PRINTS)

• Digital Documentation: We Are There, but Enter with Care (PDF)   (also in HTML)
  Dan Kushel, AIC News, November 2002
• Notes on Digital Documentation (PDF)
  Tim Vitale, July 2005
• Digital Imaging in Conservation: Cameras (PDF)
  Tim Vitale, AIC News, July 2005
• Digital Documentation: Getting the Most from a TIFF Image (HTML)   (also in PPT)
  Tim Vitale, July 2005
• Automating Routine Tasks in Adobe Photoshop CS: Tips for Conservators (PDF)
  Jeffrey Warda, January 2006

DIGITAL IMAGING AND PRINTS (see also DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION)

• Digital Imaging: Revelation and Revolution (PDF)
  Francesca Casadio, 2005
• Digital Print Identification Tool (HTML)
  Martin Juergens, 2004
• Brief History of Imaging Technology (PDF)
  Tim Vitale, June 2008
• Film Grain, Resolution and Fundamental Film Particles (PDF)
  Tim Vitale, April 2007
• Permanence of Ink-jet Inks (PDF)
  Henry Wilhelm, 1999
• Light-Fading Stability of Ink Jet Prints and Traditional Color Photographs (PDF)
  Henry Wilhelm, 2002

DIGITAL PRESERVATION

• Electronic Cafe International: Aging Records from Technology-based Artistic Activities (PDF)
  Howard Besser, June 2004
• Preserving Authentic Electronic Art Over the Long-term: The InterPARES 2 Project (PDF)
  Luciana Duranti, June 2004
• Preserving Electronic Data - An Active Archival Process (HTML)
  Harrison Eiteljorg
• The Danube Exodus (PDF)
  Sally Hubbard, June 2004
• Seeing Double: Emulation in Theory and Practice (PDF)
  Caitlin Jones, June 2004
• Playing History with Games: Steps towards Historical Archives of Computer Gaming (PDF)
  Henry Lowood, June 2004
• Appendix of Images (PDF)
• Archiving the Avant-Garde: Preserving Digital/Media Art (PDF)
  Richard Rinehart, June 2004
• Appendix (PDF)
• Website History and Preservation (HTML)
  Tim Vitale, May 2001
• Digital Preservation and BBC Domesday (PDF)
  Paul Wheatley, June 2004

EDUCATION

• Education Needs for Electronic Media Conservation (HTML)
  EMG panel discussion transcript, various contributors, June 2003
• Incorporating Information Literacy into Conservation: Searching Beyond Google (PDF)
  Red Wassenich, June 2004

FILE FORMATS AND STORAGE MEDIA

• The Relative Stabilities of Optical Disc Formats (PDF)
  Joe Iraci, Restaurator, Volume 26, No. 2, 2005
• Image File Formats: TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, RAW and DNG (PDF)
  Tim Vitale, July 2007
• Storage of Image Files (PDF)
  Tim Vitale, November 2005
• Media Choices for the Preservation of Digital Documents (PDF)
  Tim Au Yeung, AIC News, March 2005

VIDEO AND AUDIO

• Audio Reconstruction of Mechanically-Recorded Sound by Digital Processing of Metrological Data (PDF)
  Vitaliy Fadeyev, Carl Haber & Zachary Radding, June 2004
• Media Preservation in Libraries: A Profile (PDF)
  Hannah Frost, AIC News, July 2007
• Preservation-Worthy Digital Video; or, How to Drive your Library into Chapter 11 (PDF)
  Jerome McDonough, June 2004
• Preservation of Video in the Conservation Laboratory (PPT)
  Tim Vitale, June 2005
• Video Preservation Website
  Tim Vitale & Paul Messier, 2007