Images can be digitized and prepared for presentation in four phases.

Images must be scanned on a flatbed or slide scanner such as those available at TLTC. Then images are edited for quality or other effects. The image size must be adjusted, then the file must be saved as a JPEG or GIF for screen display. These brief step-by-step instructions explain the processes.

• Scan - Step-by-step scanning with Photoshop
• Edit - Correct, crop, resize images with Photoshop
• Size - Determine image size for the screen
• Save - Save files as JPEG or GIF for the web and digital presentations

Existing sources for digital images:

CAMIO Library
RLG's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online

AP Photo Archive
Electronic library containing the Associated Press' current photos, and a large selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library.

RLG Cultural Materials
Digitized primary source materials from major US research libraries, including maps, manuscripts, letters, drawings, prints, films.

Library of Congress: American Memory Collections
Search across hundreds of collections of digitized materials in the Library of Congress and other US libraries and museum.