Preliminary Program

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SponsoredbytheSocietyforImagingScienceandTechnology
inpartnershipwiththeNationalLibraryofLatviaandthe
LatvianMusuemofPhotography
May15-18,2017•Riga,Latvia
About the Conference
ConferencePartners
TheIS&TArchivingConferencebringstogether
aninternationalcommunityofimagingexperts
andtechniciansaswellascurators,managers,
andresearchersfromlibraries,archives,muse-
ums, records management repositories, infor-
mationtechnologyinstitutions,andcommercial
enterprises to explore and discuss the field of
digitizationofculturalheritageandarchiving. CooperatingSocieties
Theconferencepresentsthelatestresearchre- • AmericanInstituteforConservationFoundationofthe
sults on digitization and curation, provides a AmericanInstituteforConservation(AIC)
forum to explore new strategies and policies,
• ALCTSAssociationforLibraryCollections&Technical
and reports on successful projects that can
Services
serve as benchmarks in the field. Archiving
• CoalitionforNetworkedInformation(CNI)
2017isablendofshortcourses,keynotetalks,
• DigitalLibraryFederationatCLIR
peer-reviewed oral and interactive (poster)
• DigitalPreservationCoalition(DPC)
presentations,anexhibit,andsocialeventsof-
feringattendeesauniqueopportunityforgain- • IOP/Printing&GraphicsScienceGroup
ing and exchanging knowledge and building • ISCC–Inter-SocietyColorCouncil
networksamongprofessionals. • MuseumComputerNetwork(MCN)
• TheRoyalPhotographicSociety
NEWFOR2017
Conferenceregistrationincludes
agroupluncheachdayintherestaurantatthe
NationalLibraryofLatvia.
Conference Committee
GeneralCo-chairs TechnicalProgramCommittee SteeringCommittee
UllaBøgvadKejser,* MichaelJ.Bennett,University Thoseatleftwithanasterix(*)
DetKongeligeBibliotek/The ofConnecticut(USA) aftertheirname+
RoyalLibrary(Denmark) PeterBurns,*BurnsDigital SuzanneE.Grinnan,IS&T
DavidWalls,*USGovernment Imaging(USA) (USA)
PublishingOffice(USA) ErikLandsberg,Cultural KariSmith,MITLibraries,
HeritageDigitization InstituteArchivesandSpecial
ProgramChair
Consulting(USA) Collection(USA)
DonWilliams,*ImageScience
PhilMichel,Libraryof
Associates(USA)
Congress(USA)
ShortCourseChair ChristophVoges,Hochschule
KathrineHougaardEdsen fürangewandteWissenschaft
Johansen,*CopenhagenCity undKunst(HAWK),and
Archives(Denmark) consultant(Germany)
Coverimage:HouseoftheBlackheads,OldTownRiga—©AllrightsreservedbyLatviaTravel.
©2017SocietyforImagingScienceandTechnology(IS&T).
Archiving2017
Conference At-a-Glance
Important Dates
All short courses will take place at the
AvalonHotelandConferences,13.Janvaraiela Hotelregistrationdeadline:
April14,2017
19,Riga.Technicalsessionswilltakeplaceatthe
National Library of Latvia (LNB), Makusalas iela Earlyconferenceregistration
3(usemainentranceonUzvarasbulvaris). deadline:
April16,2017
RegistrationDeskOpen
Monday,May15 Tuesday,May16 8:00–16:00atLNB
7:45 –16:30atHotelAvalon Wed.,May17 8:30–14:00atLNB
17:45 –18:15atLatvianMuseumof Thursday, May18 8:30–14:00atLNB
Photography
Monday,May15 Wednesday,May17
• ShortCourseProgram(seepage7); • WednesdayKeynote:Collectingand
separateregistrationfeerequired. PreservingtheBorn-DigitalHeritage—
Youmayregisterforshortcourses NewAspectsofanOldChallenge,
only;thereisnorequirementto RaivoRuusalepp,directorofdevelop-
attendthetechnicalconference. ment,NationalLibraryofEstonia
• WelcomeReceptionatLatvianMuseum • GroupLunch
ofPhotography,M rstau8,at17:45; • ExhibitionCloses
located3blocksfroāmA(cid:3)valonHotel. • TechnicalPapersProgram
- InteractivePaper(Poster)Previews
Tuesday,May16 - InteractivePaper(Poster)Session
• OpeningPanel:State-of-the-Artof - ImagingPerformanceand
ArchivingintheBaltics StandardsI
• ExhibitionOpens - AssetandCollectionManagementII
• ExhibitorPreviews • Behind-the-ScenesTours;seepage6.
• GroupLunch - NationalLibraryofLatvia
• TechnicalPapersProgram • ConferenceReception,location
- AssetandCollectionManagementI forthcoming
- AdvancedImagingI
- Access,Dissemination,andUseI Thursday,May18
• Dinneronownwithcolleagues • ThursdayKeynote:ResonatingSpaces:
3DimagingoftheBerlinPhilharmonie,
ChrisEdwards,headofdigitalservices,
GettyResearchInstitute(USA)
• GroupLunch
Exhibit at Archiving 2017 • TechnicalPapersProgram
- AdvancedImagingII
TuesdayMay16andWednesdayMay17
- Access,Dissemination,andUseII
Tabletopexhibitfeaturingdigitalarchiv-
- ImagingPerformanceand
ingrelatedproductsandservices.
StandardsII
Fordetails,contactDonnaSmith•
[email protected];[phone]x107
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May15-18,2017•Riga,Latvia
The Venue: Riga, Latvia
TheHistoricCentreofRigaisalivingillustrationofEuro-
peanhistory.Throughcenturies,Rigahasbeenthecentre
Foundedin1201,Riga’shistoricalOldTown
ofmanyhistoriceventsandameetingpointforEuropean
isaUNESCOWorldHeritageSitenotedfor nations,andithasmanagedtopreserveevidenceofEu-
its Art Nouveau (“Jugendstil”) and 19th cen- ropean influence on its historical development, borders
turywoodenarchitecture. Itisconsideredby betweentheWestandtheEast,andintersectionoftrad-
manytohavethefinestexamplesofArtNou- ingandculturalroutes.“
veauarchitectureintheworld,most grouped —whc.unesco.org/en/list/852
inoneneighborhoodofthecity.Atthesame
time it also boasts Gothic cathedrals, Neo-
classic buildings, and compelling modern
structures, such as the National Library of
LatviaandtheVansuBridge.Asthecapitalof
Latvia, Riga hosts nearly one-third of the
country’spopulationandisthelargestcityin
theBaltics.
ItslocationontheGulfofRigaatthemouth
of the Daugava River and its proximity to
beautiful beaches like Jurmala, add to its ConferenceVenues
charm.Thereareplentyofcafes,restaurants, Archiving2017technicalsessionstakeplace
windingcobbledstreets,picturesquesquares, attheNationalLibraryofLatvia.Shortcours-
museums, and monuments to explore in the esandlodgingareatAvalonHotel&Confer-
city, ranging from the Latvian Museum of ences(seepage19forlodgingandtransporta-
Photography and the Riga Film Museum to tion details). Visit www.latvia.travel/en/city/
theMuseumoftheOccupationofLatviaand riga-8 for more information on what to see
theLatvianEthnographicOpenAirMuseum. anddoinRiga.
Fromabove:ViewfromHotelAvalonontotheroofsofOldTown;window,RigaArtNouveauMuseum;
boatsmarkingthehistoryofRigaarefoundalongthebanksofthecitycanal,whichrunsthroughthepark
thatseparatesOldTownfromRigaCenter.
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Technical Program*
TuesdayMay16,2017
9:00–10:25 14:00–15:15
WELCOME AND OPENING PANEL ADVANCED IMAGING I
Welcome Remarks, Andris Vilks, director, From Closed Testaments to Books: Virtual
NationalLibraryofLatvia X-Ray Reading as Alternate Digitization
State-of-the-Art of Archiving in the Baltics, Technology for Fragile Documents, Fauzia
Join moderatorUldis Zarins, director of devel- Albertin1, Marilisa Romito1, Eva Peccenini2,3,4,
opmentattheNationalLibraryofLatvia,former- Matteo Bettuzzi2,3,4, Rosa Brancaccio2,3,4,
lymanagerofTheEuropeanLibrary,andpan- Maria Pia Morigi2,3,4, Monica Del Rio5, Dorit
elists Rimvydas Laužikas, professor at Vilnius Raines6, Giorgio Margaritondo1, and Demetri
University, Raivo Ruusalepp, director of devel- Psaltis1; 1École Polytechnique Fédérale de
opmentattheNationalLibraryofEstonia,and Lausanne(EPFL)(Switzerland),2"E.Fermi"Center,
ArtursZogla,headofdigitallibraryatNational 3University of Bologna, 4Italian National
Library of Latvia for a discussion about archiv- Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), 5Venetian
inginEstonia,Latvia,andLithuania. State Archive, and 6University of Ca’ Foscari
(Italy)
11:05 –12:20
ASSET AND COLLECTION Precise 3D Documentation—Between the
MANAGEMENT I Need of a High Resolution and the Limit of
MyPreciousInformation—HowtoPreserveIt?, Visualization Possibilities, Eryk Bunsch,
Anssi Jääskeläinen, Miia Kosonen, and Liisa Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanow,
Uosukainen, Mikkeli University of Applied and Robert Sitnik, Warsaw University of
Sciences(Finland) Technology(Poland)
TIFFinArchives:ASurveyaboutExistingFiles Image based Relighting Using Environment
in Memory Institutions, Peter Fornaro, Lukas Maps, Michael Tetzlaff and Gary Meyer,
Rosenthaler, and Erwin Zbinden, University of UniversityofMinnesota(USA)
Basel, and Martin Kaiser, KOST-CECO
(Switzerland) 15:55–17:10
Archiving Websites Containing Streaming ACCESS, DISSEMINATION, AND
Media, Howard Besser, New York University USE I
(USA) Simple Image Presentation Framework
(SIPI)—An IIIF-based Image-Server, Lukas
12:20–12:40 Rosenthaler,PeterFornaro,andAndreaBianco,
EXHIBITOR PROFILES UniversityofBasel(Switzerland)
Content-based Interoperability: Beyond the
12:40–14:00 Merely Technical Specifications of Interfaces,
GROUP LUNCH TobiasSchweizer,LukasRosenthaler,andPeter
RestaurantKlversalawithintheLNB Fornaro,UniversityofBasel(Switzerland)
ī Advances in Integrated Research Infrastruc-
tures for Science and Humanities Linked
Data, Fenella France, Library of Congress
(USA)
*Programsubjecttochange;seefinalprogramforexact
timesandpaperorder.
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May15-18,2017•Riga,Latvia
WednesdayMay17,2017 10:30–11:20
INTERACTIVE PAPER (POSTER)
9:00–10:10 SESSION AND COFFEE
WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE
Collecting and Preserving the Born-Digital 11:20–12:35
Heritage—NewAspectsofanOldChallenge, IMAGING PERFORMANCE AND
Raivo Ruusalepp, National Library of Estonia STANDARDS I
(Estonia) Automatization in (Mass) Digitization
QA-workflows,MartinaHoffmann,National
10:10–10:30 LibraryoftheNetherlands(theNetherlands)
INTERACTIVE PAPER PREVIEWS Extensions to OpenDICE: Batch Image
A Bottom-up Approach to Carry out Pre- Processing and Large Size Target Support,
Studies for the Implementation of Electronic LeiHe,LibraryofCongress(USA)
Archives—A Case Study from a Swedish EvaluatingPerceivedCaptureQualityforthe
Municipality,HugoQuisbert,ArkivIT(Sweden) Digitization of Cultural Heritage Objects,
Using 3D Digitization in the Preservation of Susan Farnand, Rochester Institute of
Industrial and Agricultural Heritage, Tine Technology(USA)
Verroken,BertLemmens,andReneeMestdagh
(Belgium) 12:35–13:45
OpenSourceSoftwaretoManageDigitaliza- GROUP LUNCH
tion Projects—The Kitodo Example, Frank RestaurantKlversala(LNB)
Ulrich Weber1 and Michael Luetgen1,2; ī
1Zeutschel GmbH and 2Kitodo—Key to digital 13:45 – 15:00
objectse.V.(Germany) ASSET AND COLLECTION
Digital Color Restoration from Slide Images MANAGEMENT II
which use the Color Target Kodak Q-13, Work Ethics for the Digitizer. Opportunities
AlexandreLeão,UFMG—FederalUniversityof and Best Practices for Production of Digital
MinasGerais(Brazil) Archives: The Working Experience of the
SetofMethodologiesforArchiveFilmDigiti- Photographic Archive of Pompeii, Patrizio
zation and Restoration with Examples of Gianferro, University degli Studi di Roma La
Their Application in ORWO Region, Karel Sapienza, and Rosa Myriam De Lillo, Luigi
Fliegel, Stanislav Vítek, and Petr Páta, Czech Sturzo Institute (Italy)
Technical University in Prague; and Miloslav A New Tool for Context Metadata Collection
Novák, Jiri Myslik, Josef Pecak, and Marek and Management for Computational Photog-
Jicha, Film and TV School of Academy of Per- raphy Projects, Carla Schroer and Mark
formingArtsinPrague(CzechRepublic) Mudge, Cultural Heritage Imaging (USA), and
Implementing a Video Framework based on Erich Leisch and Martin Doer, Institute for
IIIF:ACustomizedApproachfromLong-Term Computer Science, FORTH (Greece)
PreservationVideoFormatstoConversionon Identifying Top Performing TF*IDF Classifiers
Demand,Julien Raemy1,2, Peter Fornaro1, and Using the CNN Corpus, Marie Vans and
Lukas Rosenthaler1; 1University of Basel and Steven Simske, HP Inc. (USA)
2Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL)(Switzerland) 15:30–17:30
Developing ARCLib—An Open Source BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOURS
SolutionforaBit-levelandLogicalLong-term seepage6fordetails
Preservation, Andrea Miranda, Charles
University(CzechRepublic) 19:00–21:30
CONFERENCE RECEPTION
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ThursdayMay18,2017
9:00–10:00 The Evolution of the US National Archives
THURSDAY KEYNOTE Catalog: From Access to Engagement,
ResonatingSpaces:3DImagingoftheBerlin Michael Horsley, National Archives and
Philharmonie, Chris Edwards, Getty Research RecordsAdministration(USA)
Institute(USA)
15:45–17:15
10:00–12:45 IMAGING PERFORMANCE AND
ADVANCED IMAGING II STANDARDS II
Reflectance Transformation Imaging in JPEG2000asaPreservationFormatforDigi-
Daguerreotype Investigation, Hembo Pagi tization: Lessons Learned from a Library,
and Andres Uueni, Archaeovision and Kadi Laurent Duplouy, Bibliothèque Nationale de
Sikka Estonian Photographic Heritage Society France(France)
(Estonia) Automation of Data Integrity Checks in QA
AdvancesinSpectralImagingCurveAnalysis forMassDigitization—ACaseStudy,Martijn
forHumanitiesStudiesandHeritageScience, vanderKaaij,HeronInformationManagement
FenellaFrance,LibraryofCongress(USA) LLP(UK)
Next Generation Camera Calibration Target ADecadeofExperiencewithDigitalImaging
forArchiving,David Wyble, Avian Rochester, Performance Guidelines: The Good, the Bad
LLC(USA) and the Missing?, Don Williams, Image
TheDocumentationandInvestigationofSur- Science Associates, and Peter Burns, Burns
faceDepositsonaTutankamun’sPotteryJar DigitalImaging(USA)
Using Advanced Imaging Techniques,
Mahmoud Hassan, Grand Egyptian Museum
(Egypt)
The Combination of 3D and Multispectral
Imaging for Scientific Visualization—Tool for
Conservation and Heritage Specialists,
Andres Uueni and Hilkka Hiiop, Estonian
AcademyofArts(Estonia)
12:45–14:00
GROUP LUNCH
RestaurantKlversalawithintheLNB
ī
14:00–15:15
ACCESS, DISSEMINATION, AND
USE II
Unlocking the Archive: The US Defense
Department’s Analysis & Implementation of
its Authority to Publicly Release Audiovisual
Records, Julia Hickey, Defense Media Activity
(USA)
UsingaLargeSetofWeakClassifiersforText
Analytics,Steven Simske and Marie Vans, HP
Inc.(USA) Charmingrestaurantsandcafesarefoundthrough-
outRiga’sOldTown.
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May15-18,2017•Riga,Latvia
Behind-the-Scenes Tours
All tours will take place Wednesday after-
noon.Theyarereservedonafirst-come,first-
served basis. Tour registration information
and logistic details will be sent immediately
following the early registration deadline to
anyone registered by that date. Those who available a large-format scanner which en-
register after the early registration deadline ablesscanningofmaterialsuptoA0format,
will receive the tour registration form at that book scanning robot and roll scanner, as
time.Pleasenotethatalltourswillbewithin well as other scanning devices for small for-
walking or public transport distance; atten- mat materials. Digitization Center also en-
deesareresponsibleforgettingthemselvesto sures post-processing of digitized files, such
thetoursite. asOCRandsegmentation.Themajorpartof
digitization results can be accessed at
Additionaltourswillbeaddedasconfirmed. www.periodika.lvandwww.zudusilatvija.lv.
ThemainfunctionoftheRestorationCenter
istopromotelongevityoftheLNBcollections
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA by using various conservation methods. The
DigitizationCenterandCollectionof RestorationCentercarriesoutrestorationand
Audio-visualResources conservation of collections (disinfection,
stabilizingandobjectadaptationforthesafe
This tour is dedicated to digitization, preser- storage),createsbindingandmakespreven-
vation, restoration and audio-visual collec- tive measures for successful conservation of
tions. collections.
The Digitization Center of the National TheCollectionofAudio-visualResourcesof
LibraryofLatvia(LNB)carriesoutdigitization theLNBholdsoneofthelargestcollectionsof
ofphysicalcollectionsinaccordancewiththe published sound recordings in Latvia, cover-
LNB content guidelines and on readers’ de- ing the period from the beginning of 20th
mands.TheLNBisconstantlydigitizingnews- centuryuntilpresent.Itincludessoundrecord-
papers,posters,maps,soundrecordingsand ings (records, audio cassettes, CDs), video
manuscripts. At the Digitization Center is recordings (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray), multimedia
discs (CD- and DVD-ROM),
as well as variety of lan-
guage learning sets. Open
access collection includes
booksonthehistoryofsound
recording, recording tech-
niques and playback, digital
audio, discographies, gener-
alreferencebooksincinema,
movie guides, as well as
magazinesandperiodicals.
Above: The Riga skyline encom-
passes many eras. Left:The
NationalLibraryofLatvia.
NationalLibrary©AllrightsreservedbyLatvia.Travel.
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Short Course Program: Monday, May 15
ArchSC01:ComputationalPhotographyTechniques
Special Notes for Short Courses
forCulturalHeritageDocumentationand
Archiving:ReflectanceTransformationImaging We encourage you to register for courses in
(RTI)andPhotogrammetry advancetoinsurethattheyrun.Notethatyou
mayregisterforshortcoursesonly;conference
8:00–12:00(4hours)
registrationisnotrequiredtotakeclasses.
Instructor:CarlaSchroer,CulturalHeritage
Imaging All short courses will take place at the
Avalon Hotel and Conferences, 13. Janvara
Throughlectures,demonstrations,anddiscus- iela19,Riga.
sion, this course provides a condensed
overviewofcomputationalphotographyand The first half of the course features new
itsapplicationtoculturalheritage.Computa- tools for the near-automatic recording and
tional photography extracts and synthesizes archivingofRTIcontextualandprocessmeta-
information from image sequences to create data. The creation of Digital Lab Notebook
a new image containing information not (DLN), which serves the same function as a
found in any single image in the sequence. writtenscientist’slabnotebook,isdiscussed.
Thecourseoffersanintensiveintroductionto Weexplorethenecessityfortransparenteval-
the technologies, software, photographic uation of scientific digital representations.
equipment, and methods for reflectance The goal is to establish the conditions under
transformation imaging (RTI), and 3D pho- whicha“realworld”artifactcanbedigitally
togrammetry—techniquesbeingappliedtoa represented as a “digital surrogate”, which
varietyofartobjects. can reliably serve as a digital stand-in that
RTIcreatesscientificdigitalrepresentations canbeusedforsubsequentscientificorschol-
of an imaging subject’s shape and color. arly examinations. New software tools to
These digital representations are generated aideinsavingtheappropriatematerialfora
fromimagesequenceswherethelightillumi- digitallabnotebookarepresented.
natingthephoto’ssubjectismovedtoanew 3DPhotogrammetry—thepracticeofderiv-
locationforeachphotograph.Thelightingin- ing 3D measurements from photographs—
formation is mathematically synthesized into can be used for documenting 3D subjects,
anRTIimage.Thesubject’sshapeandcolor monitoring changes to these subjects over
isexaminedinRTIbyinteractivelyre-lighting time, and a wide range of other uses. Pho-
the subject from any direction and applying togrammetry creates accurate and measura-
mathematical enhancements within an RTI ble3Dmodelsinawiderangeofscales.Re-
software-viewingenvironment. cent technological advances in digital
RTIisusedonawiderangeofsubjects,in- cameras,computerprocessors,andcomputa-
cluding documenting low-relief surfaces like tional techniques, such as sub-pixel image
paintingsandengravings.Thecourseshows matching, make photogrammetry a portable
examples including inscriptions, rock art, and powerful technique. It yields extremely
manuscripts, and paintings. It also provides dense and accurate 3D surface data. It can
an overview of free RTI software, including be generated using a sequence of photos
newlyreleasedandplannedupdates.Inad- andcapturedwithstandarddigitalphotogra-
dition, a demonstration of the RTI photo- phyequipment,inarelativelyshortperiodof
graphic capture sequence, using standard time.
digitalphotographicequipmentisperformed The second half of the course explores
and new research techniques using these how photographic sequences of a subject
datasetsarepresented. canbecapturedaccordingtoprinciplesthat
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maximize the available information from a ArchSC02:Scanner&CameraImaging
series of viewpoints to yield the best results. Performance:TenCommandments
We also see how these software platform- 8:00–12:00(4hours)
independent rule-based data sets can be Instructors:DonWilliams,ImageScience
transformed into 3D representations and Associates,andPeterBurns,BurnsDigitalImaging
confidently reused by others now and in the
future. This is a no-nonsense course on simple and
achievable tools/techniques to build a solid
Benefits digitalimagingfoundationforthecaptureof
Thiscourseenablestheattendeeto: resilientandversatiledigitalimages.Weup-
• Haveaclearunderstandingoftwo datedthiscoursefromapreviouslypublished
computationalphotographyimagingtech- Top Ten Tips publication several years ago.
niques,howtheyareused,whattheycan These include realistic color management,
reveal,andwhatisinvolvedinadopting predictablebehaviorofbrandedcapturede-
theminculturalheritagepractice. vices,andnewmethodologiesforrapidcap-
• AppreciatetheopensourceRTIsoftware ture imaging. Specific and practical exam-
tools,withfreelyavailableUserGuides, ples of the use of ISO standards and
afreeuserforum,andothersupporting institutional guidelines in museum or library
materials. environmentswillbedescribed.Theelements
• Understandsoftwareindependent of this course can be applied by digital im-
photogrammetryimagecapture. age service providers, collection custodians,
• LearnabouttheDigitalLabNotebook anddevicemanufacturers.
(DLN),howarchivingandreuserequire-
mentsaredrivingmodificationstoits Benefits
development,andhowtouseitinthe Thiscourseenablestheattendeeto:
contextofRTI. • Interpretandcomplywithcustomer
imagingrequirements.
Intended Audience: There are no prerequisites. • Establishaccountabilityforimaging
Anyonefromnovicetoexpertiswelcome. performanceproblems.
• Understandstandardstocharacterize
CarlaSchroerisaco-founderanddirectorofCultural scannerandcameraperformance.
HeritageImaging(CHI;culturalheritageimaging.org), • Criticallyevaluatemanufacturers’claims
anon-profitcorporationthatdevelopsandimplements ofresolution,colorerrors,andnoise.
new imaging technologies for cultural, historic and
artistic heritage, and scientific research. Schroer has Intended Audience: Managers, engineers, and
beenactiveintheculturalheritagecomputationalpho- technicians responsible for evaluating and
tography research community since 2002. Schroer monitoringscannerandcameraperformance
leadsthetrainingprogramsatCHI,alongwithwork- andemergingguidelines.Thisincludesman-
ingonfieldcaptureprojectswithReflectanceTransfor- ufacturers, service providers, and content
mation Imaging, 3D photogrammetry, and related custodians. A working knowledge of digital
computational photography techniques. She also scanner and camera operation and their
leadsthesoftwaredevelopmentandtestingactivities commontechnologieswillbeassumed.
at CHI. She spent 20 years in the commercial soft-
wareindustry,managinganddirectingawiderange DonWilliamsisfounderofImageScienceAssociates,
ofsoftwaredevelopmentprojectsincludingobjectori- adigitalimagingconsultingandsoftwaregroup.Their
enteddevelopmenttools,desktoppublishingsoftware, workfocusesonquantitativeperformancemetricsfor
andSunMicrosystems’Javatechnology. digitalcaptureofdigitalimagingdevicesandimaging
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