Message-Id: <mailto:199503101509.JAA08351@library.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 10:06:42 -0500 From: Theodore Kuzen <mailto:tk6h@POE.ACC.VIRGINIA.EDU> Subject: Re: Digital Training Workshops To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
Jim, Many thanks for disseminating this information electronically.I would like to go and best meetings for me would be: 1) June 2) August (October would not be good). It may be, however, that either Ned or Mike (or David Seaman?) would be better choices. Certainly, someone from UVa should attend and I must point out that I could not attend unless the Library paid all expenses.
Thanks, again; ya beat me to it; good show.
Ted On Mar 9, 11:25, "Dept. of Preservation and Conservation" wrote: > Subject: Digital Training Workshops
> >
> >DIGITAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS: USE OF DIGITAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR PRESERVATION
> >AND ACCESS
> >
> >Dates:
> >
> >June 12-16, 1995
> >August 14-18, 1995
> >October 9-13, 1995
> >March 18-22, 1996
> >
> >Organized by:
> >CORNELL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION
> >
> >Co-sponsored by:
> >THE COMMISSION ON PRESERVATION AND ACCESS
> >
> >
> >The Cornell University Department of Preservation and
> >Conservation announces its offering of a series of digital
> >training workshops. The workshops are designed as intensive one-
> >week training programs to provide participants with the means to
> >develop a baseline knowledge about the use of digital image
> >technology for preservation and access. The training will focus
> >on the reformatting of paper- or film-based library materials,
> >including books, serials, archives, manuscripts, graphic
> >materials, and photographs. Primary emphases will be placed on
> >the conversion process itself, on an examination of factors
> >affecting image quality, and on the use of digital imaging in a
> >preservation context.
> >
> >Each workshop will combine the practical with the theoretical.
> >Participants will select samples of materials from their own
> >collections to bring to Cornell for scanning. During the
> >workshop, participants will be introduced to the vocabulary and
> >concepts of digital image technology, the components of imaging
> >systems and their attendant costs, factors affecting conversion
> >quality and the longevity of digital information, and access-
> >related issues. Through presentations, review of computer-
> >projected illustrations, hands-on exercises, six hours of
> >directed lab assignments, demonstrations of current digital
> >projects, and an extensive training notebook, participants will
> >gain an understanding of how bitonal, grayscale, and color
> >scanning affect the capture, storage, and use of a broad range of
> >library materials.
> >
> >The workshop is intended for preservation administrators,
> >librarians, archivists, records managers, curators, and other
> >information professionals who are responsible for collecting,
> >preserving, and making accessible documentary materials.
> >
> >INSTRUCTORS
> >
> >Anne R. Kenney and Stephen Chapman will serve as the principal
> >faculty for these workshops. They will be joined by several
> >guest instructors, including James Reilly who will present a
> >session on digital conversion of photographic materials.
> >
> >Anne R. Kenney is the Associate Director of the Department of
> >Preservation and Conservation at Cornell. For the past five
> >years, Kenney has managed and co-managed the majority of
> >Cornell's digital imaging projects. She also developed the New
> >York State digital training workshop concept and served as one of
> >the principal instructors in that series. Kenney is the past
> >president of the Society of American Archivists, and serves as
> >one of two American representatives to the Committee on Image
> >Technology of the International Council on Archives.
> >
> >Stephen Chapman is the New York State Preservation Intern
> >(through March 1995) in the Cornell University Department of
> >Preservation and Conservation. Chapman is the project liaison
> >for the NEH-funded "Digital to Microfilm Conversion Project" and
> >was an instructor in the New York State digital training series.
> >He has co-authored with Anne R. Kenney the tutorial, "Digital
> >Resolution Requirements for Replacing Text-Based Material:
> >Methods for Benchmarking Image Quality", to be published by the
> >Commission on Preservation and Access in the spring of 1995.
> >
> >James Reilly, Director, Image Permanence Institute, has been
> >designing, executing, and directing research into photographic
> >preservation since 1978. He most recently participated in the
> >RLG Technical Images Test Project, which investigated how various
> >choices in capture, display, compression, and output affect image
> >quality for photographic materials.
> >
> >INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE:
> >
> >Since 1990, Cornell has been investigating the use of digital
> >image technology for preservation and access. With private,
> >public, and corporate support, the Department of Preservation and
> >Conservation has undertaken a series of projects to digitize
> >research library materials and to produce high quality paper and
> >microfilm replacements. The projects also assessed the role of
> >digital technology in providing networked access to library and
> >archival resources.
> >
> >
> >SCHEDULE
> >
> >Schedule for Workshop 1: June 12-16, 1995
> >
> >Monday, June 12
> >
> >8:00-8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION.
> >
> >8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. THEORETICAL OVERVIEW. Concepts and
> >vocabulary of digital imaging; document categories and scanning
> >characteristics affecting image quality; selection for
> >preservation; determining quality benchmarks for digital
> >reformatting.
> >
> >3:45-5:00 p.m. SCANNING OVERVIEW. Basic operations associated
> >with bitonal, grayscale, and color scanning as they relate to
> >image capture; introduction to resolution, tonal correction, and
> >sharpening; assessment of effectiveness in converting a variety
> >of document categories.
> >
> >Tuesday, June 13
> >
> >8:00-10:00 a.m. IMAGING SYSTEM COMPONENTS: CAPTURE AND DISPLAY.
> >Relationship between image quality/throughput considerations and
> >hardware/software capabilities of scanners and monitors.
> >
> >10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. IMAGING SYSTEM COMPONENTS: NETWORK
> >TRANSMISSION, PRINTING, AND STORAGE. Network links and
> >hardware/software issues related to storage, transmission,
> >retrieval, and printing of digital images from local and remote
> >locations.
> >
> >1:30-2:45 p.m. SCANNING PRINTED TEXT. Introduction to basic
> >techniques used for capturing printed text and line art; utility
> >of bitonal scanning and the role of resolution and image
> >enhancement.
> >
> >3:00-4:00 p.m. SCANNING MANUSCRIPTS. Issues associated with
> >conversion of handwritten materials and effects of physical
> >deterioration on image quality; tradeoffs in quality, file size,
> >and portability associated with bitonal, grayscale, and color
> >scanning.
> >
> >4:00-6:00 p.m. SCANNING LAB I (track one): TEXT AND
> >MANUSCRIPTS.
> >
> >Wednesday, June 14
> >
> >8:00-10:00 a.m. SCANNING LAB I (track two): TEXT AND
> >MANUSCRIPTS.
> >
> >10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. SCANNING ILLUSTRATIONS. Issues associated
> >with digitizing the range of illustration types found in books
> >published over the past century and a half; review of
> >illustrations and reproductions produced xerographically and
> >through binary and grayscale scanning.
> >
> >12:00-1:30 p.m. OPTIONAL LAB. Participants will be able to scan
> >their own documents.
> >
> >1:30-3:45 p.m. SCANNING PHOTOGRAPHS. Assessment of key
> >technical issues and problems associated with the digital
> >reformatting of a variety of types and formats of photographs and
> >photographic intermediates; range of technical choices and
> >practically obtainable results will be explained and
> >demonstrated.
> >
> >4:00-6:00 p.m. SCANNING LAB II (track one): ILLUSTRATIONS AND
> >PHOTOGRAPHS.
> >
> >Thursday, June 15
> >
> >8:00-10:00 a.m. SCANNING LAB II (track two): ILLUSTRATIONS AND
> >PHOTOGRAPHS.
> >
> >10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. IMAGE INDEXING AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT. Issues
> >associated with providing access to digital files by such
> >means as document control structures, WAIS indexing, and links to
> >on-line bibliographic databases; evaluation of relational, flat-
> >file, and object-oriented databases, using fixed-field and
> >controlled vocabulary structures; discussion of database
> >security, privacy, integrity, and confidentiality.
> >
> >12:00-1:30 p.m. OPTIONAL LAB. Participants will be able to scan
> >their own documents.
> >
> >1:30-2:30 p.m. CONVERTING BITMAPPED IMAGES INTO TEXT-READABLE FILES. Key
> >concepts and capabilities of OCR technology; pre- and post-processing issues
> >affecting OCR accuracy; integration of
> >OCR-generated text into image databases.
> >
> >2:45-4:00 p.m. VENDOR SELECTION AND RFP DEVELOPMENT. Discussion of
> >economic viability of outsourcing conversion of library
> >materials to imaging service bureaus; negotiation strategies to
> >attain a product that meets preservation and access requirements;
> >review of sample RFPs developed by AIIM and Cornell; means by
> >which to judge a vendor's viability and product.
> >
> >4:00-6:00 p.m. SCANNING LAB III (track one): INDEXING, OCR, AND
> >DATABASE MANAGEMENT.
> >
> >Friday, June 16
> >
> >8:00-10:00 a.m. SCANNING LAB III (track two): INDEXING, OCR, AND
> >DATABASE MANAGEMENT.
> >
> >10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. HYBRID APPROACHES. Review of Yale
> >University's Project Open Book (to create digital images from
> >microfilm), and Cornell's Digital-to-COM Project (to produce
> >raster computer output microfilm from digital images); comparison
> >of COM to conventional microfilm; issues associated with
> >preparing microfilm for future digital conversion.
> >
> >
> >12:00-1:30 p.m. OPTIONAL LAB. Participants will be able to OCR
> >and index their own documents.
> >
> >1:30-3:00 p.m. DEMONSTRATIONS OF CORNELL PROJECTS. Reports and
> >presentations of ongoing imaging projects for text and visual
> >materials, such as Making of America, Utopia, and the Museum
> >Educational Site Licensing Project.
> >
> >3:15-5:00 p.m. CONCLUDING SESSION: ENDURING ACCESS, SOURCES OF
> >INFORMATION, WRAP UP, AND EVALUATION. Institutional and
> >technical considerations associated with maintaining enduring
> >access to digital libraries; review of additional sources of
> >information (to be distributed as a supplement to the training
> >notebook); discussion of questions and issues arising from
> >various workshop components; overall evaluation of workshop.
> >
> >
> >DETAILS:
> >
> >Dates June 12-16, 1995
> > August 14-18, 1995
> > October 9-13, 1995
> > March 18-22, 1996
> >
> >Location Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
> >
> >Accommodations Student housing may be available. Please
> > indicate if you are interested in receiving
> > information on this option.
> >
> >Cost $1,500* Travel and lodging not included.
> >
> >
> >* Cornell is seeking additional support to reduce the
> >registration fee to $1,200. Positions will be filled on a first-
> >come, first-serve basis, with the understanding that if this
> >support is not obtained, individuals will not be obligated to
> >attend and may cancel their reservations. The final registration
> >fee will be set in four to six weeks.
> >
> >APPLICATION:
> >
> >Enrollment for each workshop is limited to 16 participants. Send
> >a letter with the following information:
> >
> >Name:
> >
> >Institution and current position:
> >
> >
> >Postal and e-mail addresses:
> >
> >
> >
> >Telephone and fax numbers:
> >
> >
> >Dates of workshop you are interested in attending, including
> > second and third preferences:
> >
> >
> >Experience with imaging projects:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >REPLY TO:
> >
> >Digital Training Workshop
> >Department of Preservation and Conservation
> >Cornell University Library
> >214 John M. Olin Library
> >Ithaca, NY 14853-5301
> >
> >If submitting an application by e-mail, please reply directly to
> >mailto:preserve@cornell.edu, not the listserv.
> >
> >APPLICATION DEADLINES
> >
> >APRIL 15, 1995 for the June 1995 workshop
> >JUNE 15, 1995 for the August 1995 workshop
> >AUGUST 15, 1995 for the October 1995 workshop
> >JANUARY 15, 1996 for the March 1996 workshop
> >
> >An early expression of interest in any of the workshop dates will
> >be the best guarantee of acceptance. Priority will also be given
> >to applicants contemplating or initiating digital projects with a
> >preservation focus.
> >
> >Notifications of acceptance will be made two weeks after the
> >application deadlines. Registration fee must be paid in full one
> >month prior to the workshop.
> >
> >
> >FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT:
> >
> >Anne R. Kenney or Stephen Chapman
> >Department of Preservation and Conservation
> >Cornell University Library
> >214 John M. Olin Library
> >Ithaca, NY 14853-5301
> >Phone: 607/255-9440
> >Fax: 607/255-9346
> >Internet: mailto:ark3@cornell.edu
> > mailto:sc55@cornell.edu
> >
> >
>
> -- End of excerpt from "Dept. of Preservation and Conservation" <mailto:preserve@cornell.edu>