Remember the days of the SBSE Slide Exchange Program? Remember all those lovely sessions at conferences with ye old slide duplicator? Never again! The slide collection has gone digital.

Selected images from the slide collection have been transferred onto Kodak Photo CDs. Jeff Culp and Bob Koester at Ball State University developed a system to package, duplicate and distribute these CDs to the membership. There are 13 CDs presently available. They may be purchased individually or in multiples. Most of the CDs contain approximately 100 images, each image in multiple resolutions (up to 3072 x 2048). The CDs are organized around slide sets with some CDs containing multiple sets. In addition, each CD includes any image annotations provided by the author at the time of submission.

The CDs are available now for $12 (U.S.) each (which includes shipping). Any funds raised are to be dedicated solely to covering production costs and sustaining and adding to the collection. Complete information on each CD (including sample images),  including ordering information is available at http://www.bsu.edu/sbse.

Advance Praise for the SBSE Image Archive
(Spring 2001 SBSE Newsletter):

We had the privilege to preview one of the thirteen new SBSE Image Archive CDs and a draft of the associated website. The gorgeous CD007 is impressive with the stick-on CD label and the image in the jewel case using Robert Marcial's beautiful time-lapse photo. The CD's images are in Kodak's PhotoCD image format (.pcd) which can be opened using many commonly available image manipulation, word processing, and publishing software packages. However, we found that PhotoShop 4.0 won't open the pcd format images without a filter (enabled during PS4 installation) or a Kodak plug-in (free from their website). The contents and their usability are even more spectacular than the packaging! The CD contains not only the 100 images, but a read.me file with general instructions and a .pdf file with an index of the CD's contents in word and image as well as notes from the photo authors. This table of contents made it really easy to select specific images from the CD and to understand their significance. The website offers several different, easy ways to preview the contents of the CDs, which may be ordered individually, so that the buyer can be fully informed before purchasing. Moreover, SBSE will soon be coordinating the contribution of more images to expand the scope of the offerings. Everyone should feel honored to have their photography included in this fine collection! A new digital age of image-sharing is upon us...stay tuned!

Alison Kwok and Bruce Haglund

To contribute images to the SBSE collection, please contact Alison Kwok the
SBSE Image Coordinator (Spin Doctor) to coordinate cataloging and dissemination.