Attribution
Case Study

Digitizing Large-Format Architectural Plans

February 2012

1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 The images below are a small fraction of the materials made available through the project and James (Jimmy) Barnett’s work. The full range can be seen in the Carrère & Hastings Digital Collection, part of the University of Florida Digital Collections. Click on the images below to access the item in the digital collection.  You can read more at the project blog: flaglerdrawings.wordpress.com.

Barnett using a Betterlight Super 8k-HS camera back and custom mount configuration to digitize John Carrère and Thomas Hastings’ “Ground Plan, Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine, Fla.” c. 1889-1890. Photo credit: Joe Kaleita, University of Florida Libraries.

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An example of the results Barnett’s work digitizing and preserving a large-scale architectural drawing. John Carrère and Thomas Hastings. “Ground Plan, Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine, Fla.” c. 1889-1890.

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Another example of Barnett’s work. John Carrère and Thomas Hastings. “Part Plan of Fourth Floor. Architectural drawings of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Florida.” 96 x 40 inches.

James Barnett
Student Commentary

James Barnett

Fine Arts major, Class of 2011 – University of Florida

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John Nemmers
Project Leader Commentary

John Nemmers

Descriptive and Technical Services Archivist, George A. Smathers Libraries – University of Florida

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Source: http://dev.archivejournal.net/essays/digitizing-large-format-architectural-plans/