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State Library of Queensland  >  Our services  >  Preservation  >  Photographic preservation

Photographic preservation

Often the option to reformat an unstable photographic collection item to another medium is implemented. The reformatted or surrogate version then performs the role of the user copy. Where a photographic negative is produced this will be housed in archival conditions and form a preservation master version.  These masters are then placed into archival enclosures and stored in climate controlled repositories. 

acetate negativeacetate negative taken through a light box
 Acetate negative -
 the same image with the one on the right taken through a light box.


An original photographic negative being scanned


The State Library of Queensland's Image Production Unit reformats original photographic and printed material from our collections - preserving our pictorial history. Our expert photographic staff use the latest techniques to create photographic material to archival standard. We also have a high level of expertise in the scanning of images to accepted standards.

 

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Last updated: 3rd June 2009

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