The Preservation Research and Testing Division at the Library of Congress announces the Topics in Preservation Series Lecture:
>From Words to Diagrams: An Automated Visualization of Historical Bookbinding >Structures Wednesday, April 12, 2017 11:00 am -12:00 pm EST Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building* Pickford Theater, Room LM 312 101 Independence Ave SE Washington, DC 20540 USA * Register to view remotely at: http://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/tops/campagnolo/index.html Speaker: Alberto Campagnolo, CLIR/DLF/Mellon Fellow for Data Curation in Medieval Studies at the Preservation Research and Testing Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC In the last few decades, the recording and management of documentation data about material objects, including bookbindings, has switched from paper-based archives to databases, but sketches and diagrams are a form of documentation still carried out mostly by hand. Diagrams can present unique information, but often also serve as a visual representation of information recorded in the written documentation. This project proposes a methodology to harness verbal information stored within a database -- with a focus on bookbinding structures -- and automatically generate standardized and scholarly-sound visual representations. Fenella G. France PhD, MBA, FAIC Chief, Preservation Research and Testing Division Library of Congress ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
