Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management

Registration is now open for SEI 2014 (the Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management): http://sei2014.org/registration/. Places traditionally have filled up quickly for this intensive workshop that specifically addresses the requirements of today's professional in hands-on and lecture modules. Reserve your spot today! SEI 2014 will be held at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign from June 10-13, 2014. The curriculum includes sessions on intellectual property rights, metadata, imaging, project management, and digital preservation. We are happy to announce that once again this year five scholarships will be sponsored by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and you'll find instructions on applying for the scholarships on the SEI website. Kress Scholarship applications are due by February 7, 2014. SEI is suited to information professionals new to the field, current or recent graduate students, and more experienced professionals eager to respond to fast-changing technological advancements and job requirements. Individuals holding a range of professional roles have benefitted from past SEIs, including image collection managers, university and public librarians, archivists, and museum professionals responsible for image rights and reproductions. For more on SEI 2014, visit the website at http://sei2014.org/. Graduates of SEI 2013 felt it was well worth the investment, providing perspectives not typically covered in graduate library science curricula. They praised the expertise and preparedness of the instructors, and also appreciated opportunities for sharing problem-solving perspectives, especially in the “Think Camp” session. In the post-SEI survey one participant summed up the experience saying "Since grad school courses never covered images, SEI really solidified my knowledge. It was especially useful to see the visual resources/art library/museum perspective on metadata and digital collection management.” Follow SEI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SummerEducationalInstitute Please contact SEI co-chairs Amy Trendler (aetrendler@bsu.edu) or Meghan Musolff (musolffm@umich.edu) with any questions.

FREE webinar on Digital Imaging for Historical Records

The California Historical Records Advisory Board is offering a free,
two-part webinar on Digital Imaging for Historical Records on Thursday,
November 21st and Friday, November 22, 2013 from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Pacific time both days. Taught by an experienced instructor, this basic
webinar will provide information about:



*         Key concepts and terms



*         Program planning



*         Document profile attributes



*         Document preparation



*         Standards and best practices



*         Selecting imaging hardware and software



*         Imaging workflow



*         Working with vendors



*         Scanning textual documents, photographs, maps and drawings,
and bound volumes



*         Providing access to digital images



Several case studies will be presented to illustrate varying situations.



To register, send your name, name of organization, email address, and
phone number to:



Sherrie.lujan@sos.ca.gov



Note: California organizations will be given priority for registration
through October 21st.



The registration deadline is November 14th. For further information
about the webinar, contact Laren Metzer at laren.metzer@sos.ca.gov



This webinar was developed with funding provided by the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.











Laren Metzer

Deputy State Archivist

1020 O Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

T: 916-653-3834

Email: laren.metzer@sos.ca.gov

FREE lecture - Performing Arts Scholarship in the Digital Age:

Performing Arts Scholarship in the Digital Age: 
A Conversation with James Wilson and Polly Thistlethwaite

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
111 Amsterdam Avenue
Bruno Walter Auditorium
October 18, 2013

Doors open at 6:45, event from 7:00-8:00 PM. No reservations required, first come first served. Event follows TLA Annual Business Meeting and recognition of Distinguished Service, which takes place from 5:30-6:30 PM.

Join us on October 18, 2013 for a discussion on digital access and performing arts research, from the alternate perspectives of a researcher and a librarian; focusing on the ways in which performing arts scholarship changes when previously hidden or unknown collections become digitally accessible. Dr. Wilson will discuss his experience researching and writingBulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies: Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance. Professor Thistlethwaite will discuss the digital turn as it impacts humanities research and scholarship through her experiences as Chief Librarian at the CUNY Graduate Center and through her own research.Together they will provide a sense of the shifting landscape of twenty-first century research and share complementary perspectives on navigating this new ground.

James Wilson is Professor of English and Theatre at LaGuardia Community College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and he is currently the Executive Director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS). Areas of research include queer theatre and performance, African American theatre, and pedagogy. His articles and reviews have appeared in Urban Education, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Ecumenica, Theatre History Studies, and several essay anthologies. He is co-editor of The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, which is published by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (CUNY Graduate Center), and he serves on the nominating committee for the Drama Desk Awards. His book, Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies: Race, Performance, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance, was published by University of Michigan Press in 2010, and a paperback version was released in 2011.

Polly Thistlethwaite is Chief Librarian at the CUNY Graduate Center, joining the Graduate Center’s library faculty in 2002 as the Associate Librarian for Public Services. Before that, she served in libraries at Colorado State University, Hunter College, New York University, and Yal University; she has also held positions with the CUNY Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the Alternative Press index, and several local and national library organizations.

For additional information please email tlabookawards@gmail.com

CFP - Archiving 2014

IS&T is pleased to announce the release of the Archiving 2014 Call for Papers.  The deadline for submitting presentation abstracts for Archiving 2014 to be held May 13-16, 2014 in Berlin, Germany is December 2, 2013.  A PDF of the Call for Papers can be found at www.imaging.org/archiving.

Please note carefully the new submission rules and templates that can be found at www.imaging.org/archiving.

The IS&T Archiving Conference brings together a unique community of imaging novices and experts from libraries, archives, records management, and information technology institutions to discuss and explore the expanding field of digital archiving and preservation. Attendees from around the world represent industry, academia, governments, and cultural heritage institutions. The conference presents the latest research results on archiving, provides a forum to explore new strategies and policies, and reports on successful projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field. Archiving 2014 is a blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and refereed oral and interactive display presentations. Prospective authors

Proposed program topics include:

·         Preservation of Digital Assets

• Web harvesting and archiving
• Migration of digital content
• Managing privacy rights for digital information
• Preserving e-Government information
• Innovative projects and activities
• Capacity building, continuing education, and professional development

·         Technical Processes and Workflow

• Distributed preservation models
• Automated metadata generation during image capture
• Cooperative partnerships for digitization and archiving
• Authenticating digitized government and legal information
• Innovative approaches to digitization, including multispectral scanning
• Applications of crowd sourcing and share economy

·         Digital Curation

• Cost models for digital archiving and long-term preservation
• Digital forensics and data recovery
• Managing databases and large data sets
• Employing metadata as a curation strategy
• Detection of manipulated image/video content
• Storage media and systems, including cloud storage

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We hope to see you there.
Best regards,

Diana Gonzalez

IS&T Conference Program Manager

archiving@imaging.org

703/642-9090 x 106

Internship: Bronx Zoo

Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx Zoo) Archives Internship
(two openings; nominal stipend available)

The Project:  As part of a grant-funded project, the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives is developing a website to display digitized copies of early-twentieth-century scrapbooks.  Created by the Bronx Zoo's first director, William T. Hornaday, these scrapbooks concern early wildlife conservation laws and activities.

The Internship:  Reporting directly to the WCS Librarian & Archivist, the Archives Interns will be responsible for creating original descriptive metadata records for the digitized scrapbooks.

Qualifications:  Enrollment in (or recent completion of) a Master's degree program in Library Science, with a focus on Archives, from an ALA-accredited institution.  Proven experience with Microsoft Excel.  Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.  Effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Internships at the WCS Archives are a learning experience, but students who have experience with Dublin Core and with Omeka software are encouraged to apply.  An interest in early scrapbooks and/or the history of wildlife conservation is also useful.

Schedule: 12 weeks (scheduled between June 3-August 30, 2013), 10 hours a week, for a total of 120 hours.  Work must be scheduled within 9:00-5:00, Monday-Friday.

To apply, send a resume and cover letter to mthompson@wcs.orgmthompson@wcs.org
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The Archives serves as WCS's memory, with collections spanning its rich history as a leader in global wildlife conservation and as the manager of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Through projects like this one, the Archives seeks to provide innovative ways to serve and engage both scholars and the general public.  For more information on the Archives, see www.wcs.org/library<http://www.wcs.org/library>

Workshop - digitizing photograph collections

Digitizing photograph collections Workshop http://digitizingphotocollections.eventbrite.com/ Learn the basics of digitizing photograph collections at this one-day workshop on Monday, March 11, 2013, 8:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. at the Carmel Clay Public Library in Carmel, Indiana. Specialists from around the state will discuss their projects and participants will learn about the best practices for creating and maintaining digital collections. *How to decide if a scanning project is right for your collection *Technical standards, equipment, and preservation *Workflow and staffing needs *Providing access to images / PastPerfect Museum Software *Contributing to “Indiana Memory” at the Indiana State Library *Collaborating with others *Funding sources The information will benefit anyone managing photographic collections at libraries, museums, or historical societies and is open to participants from all sectors. Registration: The $35 fee includes lunch and handouts. We are offering a discounted rate of $15 for students studying library science, archives management, museum studies, history, or other related fields. Learn more and register online: http://digitizingphotocollections.eventbrite.com/ The Photograph Preservation Workshop Series is sponsored by the Carmel Clay Historical Society, the Carmel Clay Public Library, and Heritage Photo & Research Services. Funding was provided through a matching grant from Indiana Humanities in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from the Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Joan Hostetler, Heritage Photo and Research Services 716 Dorman Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 771-4129 heritagephotoservices@gmail.com www.heritagephotoresearch.com Sign up now for our Photograph Preservation Workshop Series in Carmel, Ind.

Conference - Archiving 2013

For anyone dealing with digital archiving, Archiving 2013 will be held in Washington, DC, April 2- 5 , 2013. This conference is being put on by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology in co-operation with The American Institute for Conservation of historic and Artistic Works (AIC) The American Library Association- Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALA-ALCTS) The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) The Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) The Museum Computer Network (MCN) The Royal Photographic Society/Imaging Science Group The Society of American Archivists In spite of the fact that this is an IS&T conference, the majority of speakers are from cultural heritage institutions (including academic libraries). Just a few highlights: There are two keynote addresses. The first is A 21st Century Transformation: the Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records and Its Implications given by Paul M. Wester, Jr., chief records officer, NARA And the second is The Identification of US POWs and MIAs from the Korean War via the Recovery and Digitization of Deteriorated Acetate X-ray given jointly by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and the Chicago Albumen Works. The talks sessions are Digital Preservation I Archiving of Art Film as Storage Medium Interactive Papers Imaging Technology I Imaging Technology II Digital Preservation II Metadata and Access Standards and Guidelines Quality Management Digital Forensics and File Formats Innovative Software, Projects, and Activities New to this conference is Curatecamp, a short "unconference" where the agenda is determined by the participants around the theme, Digitized/Born Digital Together. For more information see http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/Archiving%202013%20Preliminary%20Program.pdf Registration forms can be found at http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/Archiving%202013%20Registration.pdf Note that the registration rates have been reduced this year.

Grant - Training Programing in Imaging Ancient Manuscripts and Artifacts

The University of Southern California's West Semitic Research Project (www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp) has received grants from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a Training Program in advanced imaging technologies for the documentation of ancient texts and artifacts with an initial emphasis on Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). The IMLS and the Mellon Foundation have also funded the purchase of imaging equipment to support the Training Program. The objective of this project is to develop an infrastructure for training scholars, conservators, archivists and researchers in the use of RTI technology and subsequently to lend the necessary imaging equipment to participants in the training program so they can do an initial RTI documentation project either in field environments (archaeological sites, etc.) or in libraries, museums and/or other similar venues, worldwide. This initial undertaking should be understood to be a pilot project that can develop into an ongoing, broader documentary effort and preferably may also serve as the catalyst for establishing a consortial network for image documentation of a given corpus (or corpora) of ancient texts and/or artifacts. All equipment to be lent out is both rugged and compact and is thus ideal for doing sophisticated imaging in remote locations. Twenty-four awards over three years (approximately eight per year) for traineeships will be provided based on the merit and intrins ic importance of a proposed pilot imaging project as well as the appropriateness of the subject matter for RTI imaging. For more information, see http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/Training_Program.pdf or contact Marilyn Lundberg (mlundber@usc.edu) or Bruce Zuckerman (bzuckerm@usc.edu).

Workshop - Digitizing Photographic Collections

Society of Indiana Archivists Fall Workshop The Society of Indiana Archivists invites you to join us for our Fall Workshop, “Digitizing Photographic Collections”. When: Friday October 5, 2012: 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM Where: Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana Cost: $30 for members, $40 for non-members Registration Link and More Information: http://inarchivists.org/workshops/files/2012FallWorkshop.php Learn the basics of digitizing photograph collections at this one-day “Digitizing Photographic Collections” workshop on Friday, October 5, 2012, 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis Participants will learn about the best practices for creating and maintaining digital collections. *How to decide if a scanning project is right for your collection *Workflow and staffing needs *Technical standards, equipment, and preservation *Metadata and providing access to images *Collaborating with others *Funding sources *Contributing to “Indiana Memory” at the Indiana State Library The information will benefit anyone managing photographic collections at archives, libraries, museums, or historical societies and is open to participants from all sectors. Presenters Joan Hostetler and John Harris own Heritage Photo & Research Services. They regularly consult about photograph preservation and digital imaging with historical societies, museums, libraries, and archives throughout Indiana. Hostetler studied preservation and archives management at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film and has owned Heritage Photo since 1998. Harris is a graduate of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York and was Director of Local History Services at the Indiana Historical Society. 2012 Fall Workshop Agenda: Digitizing Photographic Collections October 5, 2012 8:30-9:00 AM: Registration and Coffee 9:00 AM: SIA President Anne Thomason and participants will briefly introduce themselves. 9:15 AM: "Scanning Basics" Joan Hostetler Presentation "How to Scan" John Harris Presentation 11:00 AM: Discussion 11:30 AM: Lunch Lunch can only be provided to those who pre-register for the conference. Onsite registrations cannot be provided with a lunch. 1:00 PM: Tour 1:45 PM: "Metadata Basics: Cataloging Your Photographs" Joan Hostetler Presentation 2:30 PM: Break 2:45 PM: "Digital Preservation" Joan Hostetler Presentation 3:30 PM: Discussion 4:00 PM: Adjourn Parking and Directions Many downtown garages within walking distance of the State Library offer commercial parking. Metered parking is available on most downtown streets, including Ohio St. and Senate Ave. An interactive map showing parking in downtown Indianapolis is available from Indianapolis Downtown, Inc. Indiana State Library 315 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3210