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Documents from the Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia

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Images

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Metadata

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Intended Users

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About the Rosenbach

The Rosenbach seeks to foster inquiry, learning and creative thought by engaging audiences in programs, exhibitions, and research inspired by our collections of nearly 400,000 rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative art objects, including some of the best-known literary and historical objects in the world. In December 2013, the Rosenbach became affiliated with the Free Library of Philadelphia, bringing together two of the world’s preeminent collections of rare books, manuscripts, Americana and art. The combined holdings of the Rosenbach and the Free Library of Philadelphia inspire unique exhibitions and programs throughout the year.

OPenn includes some of the items from the Rosenbach. For more information on all of the special collections available at the Rosenbach see:

Image standards and specifications

Images from the Rosenbach were shot and processed by the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image. In general, The Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image follows the NISO standards as articulated in A Framework for Building Good Digital Collections, 3rd Edition:

The following represents specific standards adopted by SCETI in their capture of digital images.

Image specifications

Imaging and processing equipment

Master images are captured at a resolution of at least 600 pixels per inch of the image subject. Once all of the images for a manuscript have been captured they are color-corrected, deskewed, and cropped.

In 2015, SCETI began using IQ280 Phase One digital cameras; however, OPenn contains images that were captured using different equipment before this time. If you have questions about a specific manuscript or image, please refer to the header of the Master image or images in question or the accompanying XMP files. You can see this, for example, in the Master images for Penn Manuscript Ms. Codex 1096 at http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/mscodex1096/data/master/. Note the metadata in the image header of 0396_0000.tif or in its sidecar XMP file 0396_0000.tif.xmp as seen below. 

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   </rdf:Seq>
  </tiff:BitsPerSample>
  <tiff:Compression>1</tiff:Compression>
  <tiff:ImageLength>6121</tiff:ImageLength>
  <tiff:ImageWidth>4655</tiff:ImageWidth>
  <tiff:Make>Phase One</tiff:Make>
  <tiff:Model>P 45+</tiff:Model>
  <tiff:Orientation>1</tiff:Orientation>
  <tiff:PhotometricInterpretation>2</tiff:PhotometricInterpretation>
  <tiff:PlanarConfiguration>1</tiff:PlanarConfiguration>
  <tiff:ResolutionUnit>2</tiff:ResolutionUnit>
  <tiff:SamplesPerPixel>3</tiff:SamplesPerPixel>
  <tiff:Software>Capture One 4 Windows</tiff:Software>
  <tiff:XResolution>600/1</tiff:XResolution>
  <tiff:YResolution>600/1</tiff:YResolution>
 </rdf:Description>

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