Credits

Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

Digital Collection 2003
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Washington, D.C.

Introductory essays by:
Deborah Jean Warner, Curator, Physical Sciences Collection, National Museum of American History

and

Ronald Brashear
Head of Special Collections and Curator of Science and Technology Rare Books

Site design by Nicole Van Doren

Partial funding for this project was provided by The Research Libraries Group as part of the RLG Cultural Materials Content Development program for the History of Science and Technology.

Digital imaging information:
Original images (Portraits A-E) captured at 400 dpi on Umax Mirage IIse flatbed scanner at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Imaging Center

Original images (Portraits F-Z) captured at 400 dpi on Fujitsu 4750C by PTFS, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland)

Images stored as TIFFs. High resolution web images reduced to 72-96 dpi and rescaled to 750-1000 pixels on the short side.