Digital Imaging Workshop

[Barbara Berger <beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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:



REPLY 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@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dept. of
Preservation and Conservation).

APPLICATION DEADLINE

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
Phone:   607/255-9440
Fax:       607/254-7493
Internet:  ark3@xxxxxxxxxxx