Digital Archival Photography: an introduction

Description

An occasion organised by Cambridge Digital Humanities

Convenor: Maciej Pawlikowski, Head of the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory, Cambridge University Library

This Methods Workshop will introduce superior methods for digitising and preserving archival materials. The first workshop will introduce the next matters:

• Copyrights and delicate knowledge issues
• Understanding Photography fundamentals
• Digitisation Imaging Standards
• Principles and Digital Preservation good observe

Completing the workshop will give members an excellent understanding of archival images greatest practices. You will achieve a powerful skilled vocabulary to debate imaging and a toolkit to evaluate picture high quality.

A second session, bookable individually, will deal with the way to undertake these ideas to the initiatives chosen by the members. This will cowl studying a sensible method to taking pictures match for function in any circumstances with obtainable assets. It may tackle any extra superior imaging matters reminiscent of picture stitching, Optical Character Recognition, Multispectral Imaging, or photogrammetry if these are within the curiosity of the members. It may even be a possibility to go to CHIL at Cambridge University Library.

Target viewers:

Our CDH Methods workshops have restricted locations and prioritise college students and workers on the University of Cambridge. However, if area is obtainable, we welcome all members focused on studying about and making use of digital strategies and instruments of their analysis. This session could also be significantly related to:

• PhD college students within the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Early Career Researchers within the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Other Cambridge college students and workers welcome