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The paper arises from the PictureNSW project undertaken in 2004 and 2005 by the State Library of New South Wales in cooperation with New South Wales public libraries. The paper sets out the goals of the project, the processes followed, and the rationale and nature of the Guidelines produced by the project. It sets out some lessons of the project, and some suggestions for the future. Preface Public libraries in New South Wales have a cornucopia1 of online pictures. Over the past decade and more many libraries have created and maintained growing collections of online images – mainly historical. In the absence of a common approach, they have been inventive, creative and diverse. The PictureNSW project, undertaken by the State Library of New South Wales in cooperation with NSW public libraries, created simple guidelines which all could use. The paper includes 1 an introduction which sets out the background to image digitising in public libraries 2 an account of the PictureNSW 2 projec