• To make the history and contributions of the Yale University School of Nursing, its faculty and graduates available to students, scholars, and the public.
• To widen access to the YSN historical collection.
• Reduce handling of popular images by producing high quality digital masters.

Project Team

• Kathleen Bauer
• Helen Varney Burst
• Mona Florea
• Al May
• Gillian Mayman
• James McKay

System Components

• Computer PC: 300 MHz processor, 64 MB RAM, 10 GB hard drive, high density removable drive (zip), CD-ROM drive.
• Scanner: flatbed scanner with transparent media adapter for slides and negatives.
• Software: Adobe Photoshop 5.5, OmniPage Pro 10.

Scanning Standards

Three versions were made for each image:

1. an archival-quality master image: uncompressed, stored in TIFF file format at 600 dpi spatial resolution;
2. an access derivative image: fitting within the viewing area, compressed for speed of access, stored in JPEG file format, at 72 dpi spatial resolution;
3. a thumbnail derivative image: small image presented with the bibliographic record, stored in file JPEG format, at 72 dpi spatial resolution.

Finding Aid

This finding aid contains a list of the images digitized in this collection and the disk where these files are saved.

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