Re: SPECTRA Special Issue on Digital Imaging

From: Guenter Waibel (guenter@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 12:46:42 CDT

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Date:         Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:46:42 -0700
From: Guenter Waibel <mailto:guenter@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: SPECTRA Special Issue on Digital Imaging
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    <pre> Hi Andrew,

    I'd be very interested in having you contribute to SPECTRA. Since you offered me a wide variety of possible topics, I'll just tell you what I'd be most interested in - however, don't feel limited by my suggestions. At this stage, the field is still wide open and ultimately it's you who knows best with which specific topic you can make the most valuable contribution. I'd be very interested in an article focusing archival files and color management. We know we'll eventually have to migrate our files from one format to another - how about the color management information embedded in the files?

    Let me know what you're thinking. I am trying to get all contributors to write me up a short one to two paragraph precis of their contribution so I can co-ordinate efforts and make sure contributions aren't overlapping.

    Guenter

    >Guenter,
    >
    >I am responsible for the technical side of various digitisation projects
    >at the National Library of Australia. We use high-end scanners and
    >digital scanning backs. As our main priority is archiving we decided on
    >strict standards that we want to use. I will be happy to write on topics
    >including workflows, colour management, archiving issues, digitising
    >standards, metadata, on-line delivery of images and explaining how
    >digital devices work, and pros and cons for using them.
    >Let me know if you are interested.
    >
    >Regards
    >
    >Andrew Stawowczyk Long
    >Public Affairs Officer
    >National Library of Australia
    >+61 2 62621382
    mailto:>anlong@nla.gov.au
    >
    >
    >Guenter Waibel wrote:
    >
    >> > ----------
    >> > From: Guenter Waibel[SMTP:mailto:GUENTER@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU]
    >> > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 2:42:05 AM
    >> > To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
    >> > Subject: SPECTRA Special Issue on Digital Imaging
    >> > Auto forwarded by a Rule
    >> >
    >> 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
    >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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