Turner Park Library JAWS Accessible Computer - Printing Unavailable
JAWS Accessible Computer at the Turner Park Branch is temporarily unable to print.
The estimated time of disruption is unknown.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Affected Branch:
Nearest Branches:
Publish Date:
Monday, May 29, 2023 - 1:45pm
Stoney Creek Branch - Delayed Opening
Due to Staff training, the Stoney Creek Branch will have a delayed opening of 10am on Friday, June 9. You may visit the Saltfleet Branch as the next nearest location for your library needs.
Affected Branch:
Publish Date:
Monday, May 29, 2023 - 9:00am
Image Digitization Standards

Staff digitizing images

Staff digitizing images
Master Image
- Tonal depth: 24-bit colour
- Format: TIFF
- Compression: Uncompressed
- Spatial Resolution: 1200 dpi
- Represents as closely as possible the information contained in the original
- Serves as long term source for derivative files
- Can serve as surrogate for the original
- High quality
- Used for creating high quality print reproductions
- Remains in a controlled environment, with limited use
Web Access Image
- Tonal depth: 24-bit colour
- Format: JPEG
- Compression: Compressed for speed of access
- Spatial Resolution:
- Resize images to 640 pixels in their longest dimension (either width or height)
- 96 dpi
- Used in place of master image for general web access
- Generally fits within viewing area of average monitor
- Reasonable file size for fast download time; does not require a fast network connection
- Acceptable quality for general research
Thumbnail Image
- Format: JPEG
- Compression: Compressed for speed of access
- Spatial Resolution:
- Resize originals to 150 pixels in their longest dimension (either width or height)
- 72 dpi
- Designed to display quickly online; allows users to determine whether they want to view Access Image
- Serves as a long term source for derivative files
Equipment Used for PreVIEW
- Scannx Book Scanner 6167 [Book Scanner and Document Capture]
- Epson Perfection V750 Pro [Flatbed Scanner]
- Kodak Perfect Page [Document Scanner]
- Plustek Optic Film 120 [Film Scanner – 35mm negatives, mounted slides, & 120mm medium format film]
- Colortrac Smart tlf Gxt T42 [Large Format Map Scanner]
- Digital Asset Management System – Canto Cumulus 8 Web Publisher Pro
- Storage Array Network (SAN): Dell EMC RAID storage System with Fibre
- Channel host interfaces and Fibre Channel disk drives
- Dell Graphic Workstations with 20” LCD Monitor