Workshop on digital imaging

Fall 1997 Workshop:  Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives

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
September 14-19, 1997 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 July 1, 1997.  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.

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 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.

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."

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.

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:
Experience with imaging projects:

to
    Digital Imaging Workshop
    Department of Preservation and Conservation
    Cornell University Library
    214 John M. Olin Library
    Ithaca, NY  14853-5301

Applications may be sent by e-mail to preserve<-a t->cornell< . >edu (Dept. of
Preservation and Conservation).

Application Deadline is July 1, 1997. An early expression of
interest will be the best guarantee of acceptance. Notifications of
acceptance will be made by July 21, 1997.  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
    607-255-9440
    Fax: 607-254-7493
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