1. What is the mission of the University of Cincinnati Digital Press?
2. Who is the staff of the University of Cincinnati Digital Press?
3. I have both the Catlin and A.E. Mathews collections. Should I repeat the install process for both?
4. I'm getting a warning that my color depth is less than 24 bit and 'dithering' may occur. What does this mean?
5. How do I change my display to 1024x768 resolution and 24-bit color depth?
6. If I choose 800x600 resolution, I can have 32-bit color depth. But, if I choose 1024x768 resolution, my software won't let me increase the color depth above 16-bit. Why?
7. How can I view two images at the same time using CUrator?
8. What is the difference between the Adobe text file with the title of "Index to Catlin Texts" and the Acrobat software-generated index?

What is the mission of the University of Cincinnati Digital Press?

Please see the Mission Statement on our website.


Who is the staff of the University of Cincinnati Digital Press?

The University of Cincinnati Digital Press is an imprint of the Digital Projects Department in University Libraries. Staff include:

Alice Cornell, Head
Linda Newman, Assistant Head for Research & Development
student assistants (to whom we extend our gratitude)

I have both the Catlin and A.E. Mathews collections. Should I repeat the install process for both?

If you have two or more collections to install, you can run the installation process in one step. Insert the first CD-ROM from the most recently published collection, which in this case is A.E. Mathews. Run setup.exe, and follow the instructions to install the software and both collections. At the 'select components' step, the Mathews collection will already be selected by default, and simply check the box beside the Catlin collection to add it. The installation process will prompt you when it is time to change discs to copy the other collection's files.

If you've already installed a CUrator collection and are now adding an additional collection, then run "Setup.Exe" again from the first CD-ROM for the new collection. The installation program will automatically detect that CUrator is already installed, and will present options to "Modify", "Repair" or "Remove" the program. Choose "Modify" and then select the additional Collection.

Sometimes when installing an additional collection, the installation program will detect that the installed version of CUrator is newer than the version on the cdrom for the collection to be added. In this case, the installation program will prompt you to run setup.exe from one of your newer CUrator cdroms. The older collection to be added will be known to the installation program on that newer cdrom.

As always, if you have further installation questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

I'm getting a warning that my color depth is less than 24 bit and 'dithering' may occur. What does this mean?

All of images for UCDP Research Publications have been processed at 24 bit, or True Color mode. If your video display is set for 24 bit (or higher, such as 32 bit), your monitor can display over 16.7 million colors. If, however, your video display is set for less than 24 bit, fewer colors can be displayed, and the video driver software will have to make substitutions for the colors it can not display. This is called 'dithering.' If dithering is occuring, the images will not look their best, and you will not be seeing all colors.

How do I change my display to 1024x768 resolution and 24-bit color depth?

This varies somewhat depending on your video card make and video driver software release. If you have not modified the video display settings before, you may want to check with whomever maintains your system. For most Windows (32-bit platform) users, one way to change these values is to go to the Start Menu, then to the Control Panel, next to the Display Control Panel, and then to the Settings Tab. Look for choices, or a slider bar, to set both screen resolution (may be called "Desktop area") and color depth (may be called "Color Palette").

If I choose 800x600 resolution, I can have 32-bit color depth. But, if I choose 1024x768 resolution, my software won't let me increase the color depth above 16-bit. Why?

You have probably run into a limitation of your video card hardware. Most video cards will require 4 mb of RAM on the Card to be able to display 1024 resolution at 24-bit or higher. Your video card may only have 2 mb of RAM. Contact the video card manufacturer to see if you can add RAM to the card, or consider replacing the card. The ability to display 1024x768 resolution at 24-bit is listed as a requirement for UCDP Research Publications.

How can I view two images at the same time using CUrator?

After you display the first image, don't close that window - simply return to the record display you prefer, by clicking on the appropriate record display button. Display the next image. Then, under "View" on the Menu Bar, select "No Record Display." Now you can "tile" the two image windows, by selecting "Window" on the Menu Bar, and choosing "Tile Horizontal" or "Tile Vertical".

You can turn off the Image Toolbar and the main Toolbar for more room for the image displays - see "Maximizing Screen Display" under "Tools" in the CUrator Online Help system.

What is the difference between the Adobe text file with the title of "Index to Catlin Texts" and the Acrobat software-generated index?

The software-generated index is a keyword-searching feature. The index cannot be printed out. This feature allows you to locate all occurrences of a word or words.

"Index to Catlin Texts" is a comprehensive index, which was compiled manually. Neither every term nor every instance of a term was included. Non-substantive instances of terms were excluded.

There are instances where a subject is dealt with on more than the page(s) on which the term itself appears. For example, buffalo hunting may be the subject of five consecutive pages, but the term itself may appear on only two of the pages. The UCDP comprehensive index references all five pages.

There are also instances where an index term refers to a page(s) in the text where the term does not appear at all, but is, in fact, the subject under discussion. This is the case for concepts. For example, on page 47 of Vol. 1 of Manners and customs, Catlin relates the experience of the Overland Astorians with the Crow (Absaroke). The term "Astoria" does occur; the term "Astorians" does not; the term "Fur Company" refers to the American Fur Company; the name of Ramsay Crooks, 1787-1859, appears as "Crooke"; and Wilson Price Hunt, 1783-1842, appears as "Hunt." The UCDP comprehensive index reconciles these variant occurrences of terms.