Re: SPECTRA Special Issue on Digital Imaging

From: John Fletcher (John.Fletcher@MAIL.BL.UK)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2000 - 03:11:04 CDT

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Date:         Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:11:04 +0100
From: John Fletcher <mailto:John.Fletcher@MAIL.BL.UK>
Subject:      Re: SPECTRA Special Issue on Digital Imaging
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    Dear Guenter.

    I am the technical manager for the repro services in the British Library and our photographic section has been providing a commercial digital copying service for about three years during which time they have built up a fair amount of expertise. We now have a lot more work than we can cope with

    I would be happy to write an article about the current service if you think it would be of interest.

    Best regards

    John Fletcher - Head of technical services - British library

    >>> Guenter Waibel <mailto:guenter@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU> 04/20/00 12:42PM >>>
    Hi there,

    I'm looking for people interested in contributing to the Fall Issue of Spectra, the Museum Computer Network's quarterly publication. The issue will be dedicated to Digital Imaging. For those of you who are not familiar with MCN and its publications, please check it out at http://www.mcn.edu/spectra.htm. And yes, you don't have to be a member to contribute:-).

    I see the Digital Imaging Special Issue as a very hands-on guide to various topics in Digital Imaging ranging from image capture and storage to administration and management. Any and all types of approaches are welcome; topics that come to mind off the top of my head: descriptions of workflows (e.g. the workflow of capturing & administering collections inhouse - policies & procedures, standards you established, guidelines), overviews over the state of the art
    (e.g. comparison of different capture methods plus their prize-tag - flat-bed scanning vs direct capture vs outsourcing), issues in managing digital assets (e.g. tracking digital images in a database, metadata issues), latest developments in File Formats (vector based file formats, etc.), conservation issues with digital data
    (standards), color management, etc. Please don't feel limited by these suggestions - any and all ideas are welcome.

    The deadline for contributions will be August 1st 2000. As for the size of the piece, I would say it could range from about 4000 to 8000 words, which should translate roughly into 3-6 Spectra-pages (more if you have illustrations). If you have a longer contribution, I think we can be flexible, too. The complete issue of Spectra usually has about 50 pages. Ideally, you could give me an idea about a topic and an approximate number of pages you would want to commit to. I am also more than happy to brainstorm if you feel you want to contribute, but haven't honed in on the "right" topic yet.

    I hope to hear from you!

    Guenter
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guenter Waibel Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Digital Media Developer http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ Digital Imaging SIG Chair, MCN http://www.mcn.edu/visig_subscribe.taf mailto:guenter@uclink4.berkeley.edu Phone 510-643-8655 Fax 510-642-4889
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