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Image Capture, Quality
Control & Digital Infrastructure
This full-day workshop covers basic-level information on scanning,
image capture and quality control activities for digital projects.
Provides planning, process development, and implementation for image
capture and digital object creation in a project setting. Discusses the
creation of the appropriate digital infrastructure – equipment options,
in-house digitization vs. outsourcing, how long-range plans affect
equipment choices, and an examination of high-level workflow issues and
their impact for infrastructure planning. Places emphasis on digital
preservation activities for libraries, museums, and heritage
organizations. Provides planning and policy steps toward developing and
managing scanning activities for digital collections.
You will learn the ability to make informed digital
capture and infrastructure decisions including:
- Understanding of scanning basics
- Understanding of image quality issues, file formats, compression
and managing color
- Ability to evaluate the appropriateness of various scanning
devices for digitization projects
- Understanding how project size and scope affect infrastructure
options and choices
- Ability to participate in the development of institutional
policies for digitization projects
*Register Now*
This session is offered at no charge
and is funded through the Missouri State Library as part of the
Missouri Digitization Planning Project. You must
register to attend. Preference will be given to Missouri
institutions. In the event of over-registration, MLNC
reserves the right to limit the number of attendees from a given
institution.
A limited number of stipends are available for hotel
rooms for this workshop. Contact Keri
Cascio (ext. 813) at the MLNC office for more information.
Audience:
This one-day workshop is geared towards digitization staff
responsible for planning and implementing image capture and quality
control. It is appropriate for participants from
libraries, museums, and archives.
Instructor:
Gayle Palmer, Digital & Preservation Services Manager,
OCLC Western
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