Message-Id: <mailto:199412232119.PAA29878@library.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 16:16:15 -0500 From: Anne R Kenney <mailto:ark3@CRUX2.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> Subject: Digital Imaging Workshop for summer 1995 To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
Cornell University Department of Preservation and Conservation is considering offering summer workshops on the use of digital image technology for preservation and access. These would be based on the series of one-week training seminars for preservation administrators that Cornell is currently conducting with funding from the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials. Cornell wishes to determine the extent of interest of members of the research library and archival community in attending such a workshop in the summer of 1995.The intensive training program will combine the practical with the theoretical, and introduce participants to the vocabulary of digital technology, the components of imaging systems and their attendant costs, factors affecting image quality and the longevity of digital information, and access-related issues. Through a series of informal presentations/discussions, demonstrations, hands-on exercises using materials from their own collections, and an extensive training notebook, participants will gain an understanding of how the various approaches to digital imaging (binary, grayscale, color) affect the capture of the range of paper-and film-based materials found in research libraries. Although the workshop will cover major issues associated with digital imaging, its primary focus will be on the use of this emerging technology for preservation reformatting.
Since 1990, Cornell has been a leader in investigating the use of digital image technology for preservation and access. With support from the Commission on Preservation and Access, New York State, the Culpeper Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Xerox Corporation, and Sun Microsystems, Inc., Cornell has undertaken a series of projects to record research library materials as digital images and to produce high quality paper and microfilm replacements. The projects also investigated the role of digital technology in providing networked access to library and archival resources.
It is anticipated that the fee for this workshop would be $1,000 plus transportation and living expenses. Enrollment will be limited to 15 participants per workshop.
I would be interested in hearing from those with an interest in attending this workshop. Please reply directly to me, not the listserv, By JANUARY 10, 1995, with the following information:
Name: Institution and current position: Address: Phone Number: Email address: Experience with imaging projects:
Anne R. Kenney Associate Director Department of Preservation and Conservation Cornell University mailto:ark3@cornell.edu