Dear Laura,

Thank you for posting to our list, as Chair of AHFAP I shall be in touch
off-list to discuss this further.

The offer to link to our fledgling Members Directory to the Collection
Trust's website would be very welcome. This will be a great boost to the
initiative and I hope yours and I imagine more members will wish to list
on the directory if we can achieve this.

Best regards

Tony Harris
AHFAP Chair

http://www.AHFAP.org.uk
Twitter: @AHFAP
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/AHFAP


On 23/10/2014 10:03, "Laura Whitton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Dear AHFAP members,
>
>I really appreciate this discussion taking place as I think we could add
>a lot to the Collections Trust's Guide by getting your input. I work for
>CT but have a Picture Library and Image Licensing background and I am
>very conscious that there are many situations that absolutely require the
>services of a professional photographer in order to get a high quality
>image and, as you have mentioned, a publication-ready one. The Guide, as
>Nick said, is aimed at those museums with little to no budget who are
>highly unlikely to be able to employ a photographer but do desperately
>need to get their collections digitised and online to improve access and
>research.
>
>However, what we would really like is to be able to do some comparison
>for museums as to the costings they may need to outlay on equipment,
>space, and training if they are to do it themselves, vs. hiring a
>professional who will inevitably work faster with less likelihood of
>needing to redo imaging who can work on or off site depending on the
>materials involved. For specific digitisation projects, I think there
>could definitely be a cost benefit to outsourcing the work rather than
>bringing it in-house but I would love to know your experiences.
>
>If anyone feels able to share their pricing for different types of museum
>photography they have undertaken so that we could anonymise this and be
>able to include a sample budget in the Guide, we would be hugely
>grateful. Please message me on or off list: [log in to unmask]
>
>We can also include a link to your directory of professionals within our
>online digitisation pages so that we are directing museums to you as a
>first port of call.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Laura Whitton
>Content & Communities Manager
>Collections Trust