[MCN-L] REGISTRATION CLOSING SOON: IIIF workshop in Austin, Texas on Friday, May 11, 2018
Please excuse cross-posting. The Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) is pleased to announce its fourth workshop, the last in the series being offered during the 2017-2018 VRAF Regional Workshop Program<https://vrafoundation.com/current-regional-workshops/>. Registration is now live for The International Image Interoperability Framework: What Is it and How Can I Use It? workshop, to be hosted by the University of Texas at Austin and held on May 11, 2018. This day-long workshop is open to cultural heritage professionals, the information, museum, and educational communities, and anyone interested in visual culture. The VRAF is grateful to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for its continued support of this exciting opportunity to partner with cultural heritage and educational institutions. Access to image-based resources is fundamental to research, scholarship and the transmission of cultural knowledge. Digital images are a container for much of the information content in the web-based delivery of images, books, newspapers, manuscripts, maps, scrolls, single sheet collections and archival materials. Yet much of the Internet’s image-based resources are locked up in silos, with access restricted to bespoke, locally built applications. The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is a set of shared application programming interface (API) specifications for interoperable functionality in digital image repositories. The IIIF is comprised of and driven by a community of libraries, museums, archives, software companies and other organizations working together to create, test, refine, implement and promote the IIIF specifications. This workshop will provide a clear and thorough understanding of what IIIF is, how it works and how it can be applied to enhance image access and resource sharing. “The International Image Interoperability Framework: What Is It and How Can I Use It?” workshop will be taught by Ben Brumfield and Sara Carlstead Brumfield of Brumfield Labs<http://www.brumfieldlabs.com/>. Ben and Sara have been working with IIIF for years, participating and presenting in IIIF groups on discovery and manuscripts, and leading workshops for museums and libraries. Their technical projects include building IIIF support into FromThePage<https://fromthepage.com/>, a manuscript transcription software and developing Pontiiif, an IIIF manifest search engine. To learn more and register for the workshop visit https://vrafoundation.com/iiif_utaustin/. The fee for this day-long workshop is $125. For questions about The University of Texas at Austin venue, contact Sydney Kilgore (skilg...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:skilg...@austin.utexas.edu>) or Elizabeth Schaub (esch...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:esch...@austin.utexas.edu>). For questions about registration or the workshop, contact Beth Haas, VRAF Director, bwodn...@princeton.edu<mailto:bwodn...@princeton.edu>. Please feel free to share this announcement with colleagues. Beth Haas, MLIS Digital Imaging Technician Princeton University Firestone Library 1 Washington Rd. Princeton, NJ 08544 609.258.4417 bwodn...@princeton.edu<mailto:bwodn...@princeton.edu> ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] IIIF workshop in Austin, Texas: May 11, 2018
Please excuse cross-posting. Less than a month away! The Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) invites you to attend its fourth workshop, the last in the series being offered during the 2017-2018 VRAF Regional Workshop Program<https://vrafoundation.com/current-regional-workshops/>. Registration is now live for The International Image Interoperability Framework: What Is It and How Can I Use It? workshop, to be hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, and held on May 11, 2018. This day-long workshop, is open to cultural heritage professionals, the information, museum, and educational communities, and anyone interested in visual culture. The VRAF is grateful to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for its continued support of this exciting opportunity to partner with cultural heritage and educational institutions. Access to image-based resources is fundamental to research, scholarship and the transmission of cultural knowledge. Digital images are a container for much of the information content in the web-based delivery of images, books, newspapers, manuscripts, maps, scrolls, single sheet collections, and archival materials. Yet much of the Internet’s image-based resources are locked up in silos, with access restricted to bespoke, locally built applications. The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is a set of shared application programming interface (API) specifications for interoperable functionality in digital image repositories. The IIIF is comprised of and driven by a community of libraries, museums, archives, software companies, and other organizations working together to create, test, refine, implement and promote the IIIF specifications. This workshop will provide a clear and thorough understanding of what IIIF is, how it works, and how it can be applied to enhance image access and resource sharing. “The International Image Interoperability Framework: What Is It and How Can I Use It?” workshop will be taught by Ben Brumfield and Sara Carlstead Brumfield of Brumfield Labs<http://www.brumfieldlabs.com/>. Ben and Sara have been working with IIIF for years, participating and presenting in IIIF groups on discovery and manuscripts, and leading workshops for museums and libraries. Their technical projects include building IIIF support into FromThePage<https://fromthepage.com/>, a manuscript transcription software and developing Pontiiif, an IIIF manifest search engine. To register for The International Image Interoperability Framework: What Is It and How Can I Use It? and to learn more about the workshop, visit https://vrafoundation.com/iiif_utaustin/. The fee for this day-long workshop is $125. For questions about The University of Texas at Austin venue, contact Sydney Kilgore (skilg...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:skilg...@austin.utexas.edu>) or Elizabeth Schaub (esch...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:esch...@austin.utexas.edu>). For questions about registration or the workshop, contact Beth Haas, VRAF Director, bwodn...@princeton.edu<mailto:bwodn...@princeton.edu>. Please share this announcement with colleagues. Beth Haas VRAF Board of Directors Beth Haas, MLIS Digital Imaging Technician Princeton University Firestone Library 1 Washington Rd. Princeton, NJ 08544 609.258.4417 bwodn...@princeton.edu<mailto:bwodn...@princeton.edu> ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Registration Open! VRAF Regional Workshop: Documenting Cultural Heritage @ The George Eastman Museum
The Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) is pleased to announce that registration is open for Documenting Cultural Heritage: Strategies and Spaces for Digital Capture<https://vrafoundation.com/current-regional-workshops/documenting-cultural-heritage-eastman-2/>, to be held on November 30, 2018. This workshop will be hosted by the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY, and is open to cultural heritage professionals, the information, museum, and educational communities, and anyone interested in visual culture. Documenting Cultural Heritage: Strategies and Spaces for Digital Capture is the first of four workshops being offered in the 2018-2019 VRAF Regional Workshop Program<https://vrafoundation.com/current-regional-workshops/>. The VRAF is grateful to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for their continued support of this exciting opportunity to partner with cultural heritage and educational institutions. Workshop Description: “Digital capture” encompasses a broad range of technologies and processes. While the role of a digitization space has historically revolved around slide and flatbed scanners, these represent just two of many possible approaches to digital imaging. The first part of this workshop will explore traditional methods for digital capture, including scanners, DSLR cameras, copystands, lighting, and specialized imaging devices for specific uses. Part two of the day will take participants beyond the basics by focusing on emerging technologies and their impact on the capture, dissemination, and storage of cultural materials. All workshop content will be framed within the important questions you should be asking when planning the present and future directions of your digital capture project or facilities. Participants will also receive significant supplemental material, including recommended equipment, buying guides, and a variety of workflow documents from several institutions. When combined with the presented information, participants will have the tools in place to build an efficient digitization space that is as unique as their specific resources and project needs. Documenting Cultural Heritage will be taught by Chris Strasbaugh, Digital Library Archivist and Curator at the Knowlton School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and City and Regional Planning at The Ohio State University. As photographer, art historian, and now digital curator, Chris has always been driven to document and preserve cultural heritage. His work as a Digital Library Archivist and Curator is a perfect mix of his passions in preservation, photography, emerging technology, open access, and metadata management. He works with an archive of unique work, documenting the history of the various programs in the Knowlton School as well as highlighting new work that showcases the students in the programs. Chris has recently presented on the topic of digitization at the 2+3D Photography – Practice and Prophecies – 2017 conference at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, HASTAC 2017 in Orlando, and the June 2017 Images: Digitization and Preservation of Special Collections in Libraries, Museums, and Archives, NISO Virtual Conference. In addition to conference presentations, he has also produced online learning trainings, taught local workshops, and has actively assisted special collections in designing and streamlining their digitization process. To register for Documenting Cultural Heritage: Strategies and Spaces for Digital Capture and to learn more about the workshop, visit https://vrafoundation.com/current-regional-workshops/documenting-cultural-heritage-eastman-2/. The fee for this day-long workshop is $125. If you have questions about registration, feel free to contact Beth Haas, VRAF Director, bwodn...@princeton.edu<mailto:bwodn...@princeton.edu> or for questions about the program or venue, please contact Elizabeth Chiang, echi...@eastman.org<mailto:echi...@eastman.org>. Beth Haas, MLIS Digital Imaging Technician Princeton University Firestone Library 609.258.4417 bwodn...@princeton.edu<mailto:bwodn...@princeton.edu> pronouns: she, her, hers ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Registration open for VRAF Regional Workshops in Chicago and DC
please excuse cross-posting The final two VRAF Regional Workshops in the 2018/2019 workshop season are now open for registration! Exhibit, Instruct, Promote, Collaborate: An Introduction to Omeka for Digital Scholarship is being hosted by the University of Chicago and will take place on Friday, March 1st at Regestein Library on the beautiful U of C campus. This workshop is being taught by Susan Jane Williams and will cover many aspects of Omeka including the new Omeka S and will have a hands-on segment to work through sample exhibits. See more detailed information and register for this workshop here<https://vrafoundation.com/current-regional-workshops/exhibit-instruct-promote-collaborate-an-introduction-to-omeka-for-for-digital-scholarship/>. Metadata and Management of Cultural Heritage Digital Media: From Fundamentals to Future Trends is being hosted by The Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler and will take place on Friday, April 26th at the S. Dillon Ripley Center on the Mall in Washington, DC. This workshop is being taught by Shyam Oberoi, Chief Digital Officer of the Royal Ontario Museum and will provide you with the background and tools to effectively organize, catalogue, and distribute your institution’s digital assets by introducing you to the core concepts of managing digital content. See more detailed information and register for this workshop here<https://vrafoundation.com/current-regional-workshops/metadata-and-management-of-cultural-heritage-digital-media-from-fundamentals-to-future-trends/>. Visual Resources Association Foundation Regional Workshops are day-long learning experiences for professionals dealing with all aspects of developing, preserving, and advocating for the scholarly life cycle of cultural heritage resources. The registration fee for each workshop is $125. For questions about the Regional Workshop program or registering for the above workshops, please contact VRAF director, Beth Haas, bwodn...@princeton.edu<mailto:bwodn...@princeton.edu>. The VRAF Regional Workshops are generously supported by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
