Digital image acquisitions.
Groom, Linda
June Orford (b. 1946)
Alpacas Before and After Shearing at Shanbrooke Alpaca Stud, Yea,
Victoria, 2006 digital tiff photograph Pictures Collection,
nla.pic-vn3801321 This image is an example of the born-digital
acquisitions that are now being taken into the National Library's
Pictures Collection. It was purchased from Melbourne photographer June
Orford in early 2007 as part of a series of four images documenting the
alpaca industry. A tiff file of 20 megabytes, it is 'shelved'
in the Library's Digital Collections Manager system. Digital images
have a number of advantages from a collection management point of
view--they do not, for instance, needer use.
Linda Groom
Pictures Branch