In addition to meeting standards, most digital projects require various accommodations specific to the parameters of the project and the media being digitized. The process and specific accommodations for imaging the manuscripts included:

• Benchmarking
• Process and Notes
• Results Notes
• Specifying a scan back camera and other equipment necessary for image capture
• Defining required metadata for the hybrid project database in Part E of the FLP Data Dictionary.

Web Development and Rare Book Department staff and Scan Technicians worked together to incorporate all of the discovery processes documented above to create the Imaging Standards and Procedures for this project.

Download a PDF of the Image Data Worksheet used to capture metadata at the camera scan station.
Download a PDF of the flowchart of this process combined with the description/cataloging process.

Requests for reproductions should be directed by mail to:

Rare Book Department
The Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189

• Note: All requests must specify the desired formats and give details of the intended use of the materials. Processing fees will apply to all requests. An additional fee may apply depending on the nature of the intended use. Contact the Rare Book Department for more information at 215-686-5416 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.