Digital Imaging Workshop (Cornell University Library)

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Spring 1998 WORKSHOP:  DIGITAL IMAGING FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
    http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/digital.htm

The Cornell University Library Department of Preservation and Conservation
will offer a week-long workshop on the use of digital imaging technology in
libraries and archives, to be held from March 22-27, 1998 in Ithaca, New
York.  Enrollment in this intensive workshop is limited to sixteen
individuals to ensure adequate lab time for participants.  Below is a
description and application form due January 16, 1998.  The registration
fee is $1,350.

The workshop is intended for librarians, archivists, records managers,
curators, preservation administrators, and other information professionals
who are responsible for collecting, preserving, and making accessible
documentary materials.  It is designed as an intensive one-week training
program to provide participants with the means to develop a baseline
knowledge about the use of digital image technology, from conversion to
presentation to preservation.  The training will focus on the reformatting
of paper and film-based library and archival materials and on the use of
digital images in a networked environment.  

The workshop has been revised to incorporate the recent
developments,trends, and topics of interest in digital imaging.  Several
new sections have been added to the workshop on images quality assessment
(textual and non-textual color images), image databases, color management,
digital archiving, legal issues, and user evaluation.  The tentative
workshop schedule can be viewed at:

	http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/digital.htm

Each workshop will combine the practical with the theoretical.  Participants
will be introduced to the vocabulary and concepts of digital technology,
the components of imaging systems and their attendant costs, and factors
affecting quality and throughput.  Through lectures, an extensive training
notebook, group exercises, and eight hours of directed lab
assignments, participants will develop the means to select collections for
digitization and benchmark requirements for conversion and access.


INSTRUCTORS

Anne R. Kenney is the Associate Director of the Department of Preservation
and Conservation at Cornell.  Beginning in 1990, Kenney has managed
and co-managed many of Cornell's digital imaging projects.  Kenney is the
past president of the Society of American Archivists, and served on the
Committee on Image Technology of the International Council on Archives. She
is the co-author of Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (with
Stephen Chapman, Cornell University Library 1996).

Oya Y. Rieger is the  Digital Projects Librarian, Department of Preservation
and Conservation.  From 1994-1996, Rieger served as Manager of the Gateway,
the Cornell Mann Library information system and participated in development
projects related to electronic libraries and user support services.  She
has written and spoken frequently on these topics.

Peter Hirtle is the Assistant Director of Cornell Institute for Digital
Collections(CIDC). CIDC is responsible for developing digital resources,
supporting their use campus-wide, and conducting applied research that
advances the production and utility of such resources. Previously Hirtle
worked for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), first
for the Technology Research Staff, and then as co-director of NARA's
Electronic Access Project.

James Reilly, Director, Image Permanence Institute, has been designing,
executing, and directing research into photographic preservation since 1978.
He participated in the RLG Technical Images Test Project and is currently
directing an NEH-funded-project, " Digital Imaging for Photographic
Collections: Foundations for Technical Standards."
NOTE: Franziska Frey, Image Permanence Institute, will substitute Reilly
for the March'98 workshop.

Carl Lagoze is project leader of the Cornell Digital Library Research Group
(Department of Computer Science) at Cornell.  He is co-developer of Dienst,
a server protocol developed for the DARPA-sponsored Computer Sciences
Technical Report (CSTR)Project that provides Internet access to distributed
multi-format document collections.  Lagoze's research activities include
architectures of repositories for digital objects, metadata formats and
architectures, and protocols for searching and retrieving digital resources.

Margorie W. Hodges is Policy Advisor, Office of Information Technologies,
at Cornell University and a frequent speaker on the ethical and legal
aspects of computer policies.  She has also served as Cornell's judicial
administrator, a position in which she dealth with a wide range of computer
abuse cases.  She is presently preparing a monograph on freedom of
expression and the electronic campus.


APPLICATION:

Enrollment for each workshop is limited to 16 participants.  Please send
the following information to preserve@xxxxxxxxxxx:

Name:

Institution and current position:


Postal and e-mail addresses:


Telephone and fax numbers:


Experience with imaging projects:


APPLICATION DEADLINE

January 16, 1998. An early expression of interest will be the best guarantee
of acceptance.

Notifications of acceptance will be made by January 30, 1998.  The
registration fee must be paid in full one month prior to the workshop.


FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Anne R. Kenney
Department of Preservation and Conservation
Cornell University Library
214 John M. Olin Library
Ithaca, NY  14853-5301
Phone:   607/255-9440
Fax:     607/254-7493
Internet:  ark3@xxxxxxxxxxx