Abstract:
The Charles E. Bracker Orchid Photographs digital collection features digital images taken by Charles E. Bracker. Bracker took thousands of digital photographs of orchids, a selection of which are featured in Ball State University’s Digital Media Repository, or DMR, which contains content selected and digitized by University Libraries’ personnel. Prints of some of the photographs, along with the entire collection of digital images, were donated by Bracker to the University Libraries in 2009. This article explores the collaborative processes undertaken by archivists and digital projects librarians to bring the born digital assets online, including techniques for organizing, selecting, editing, and preserving digital files, building digital collections, and promoting web resources.
