>Image Permanence Institute
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>Digitizing Photographic Collections: Where are we now? What does the
>future hold?--A colloquium for the exchange of information among those
>actively involved in digitizing projects, sponsored by the National
>Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access and
>Image Permanence Institute
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>June 7–9, 1997
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>How will institutions use digital images?
>What image quality is required?
>Do we need standards?
>If so, who should define them?
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>Questions like these will be discussed at the two-and-a-half-day event.
>It will be an ideal opportunity to ask questions and share your
>experiences with others in the field. Photohistorians are encouraged to
>attend, to add a scholar’s input to the discussions and evaluations.
>This colloquium is part of a two-year NEH-sponsored project conducted by
>Image Permanence Institute (IPI) to investigate the key technical issues
>and problems of digital imaging for use in library and archive
>photographic collections. IPI’s project is examining the issue of  image
>quality requirements and their relationship to institutional policies
>and purposes. Results of the project so far will be presented along with
>status reports and thoughtful presentations from other institutions and
>experts. Speakers and panelists will include Steve Chapman, Harvard
>University; Frank Cost, RIT; Nancy Elkington, Research Libraries Group;
>Michael Ester, Luna Imaging; Carl Fleischhauer, National Digital Library
>Project, Library of Congress; Franziska Frey, IPI; Jack Holm, Imaging
>Consultant; Anne Kenney, Cornell University; Constance McCabe, Photo
>Preservation Inc.; Paul Messier, Boston Art Conservation; Phil Michel,
>National Digital Library Project, Library of Congress; Steve Puglia,
>National Archives and Records Administration; Doug Rea, RIT; James
>Reilly, IPI; Lou Sharpe, Picture Elements, Inc.; John Stokes, JJT Inc.;
>Sabine Süsstrunk, Corbis Corp.; George Thoma, National Library of
>Medicine; Vienna Wilson, University of Virginia; and other distinguished
>professionals in the field.
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>The brochure, including an application form, can be downloaded as a PDF
>file at http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/brochure.pdf. You will need Acrobat
>Reader to download this document.(Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for
>free off the web.) To request a hard copy of the brochure, contact Jane
>Pestke at Image Permanence Institute by phone (716-475-5199) fax
>(716-475-7230) or email ([log in to unmask]).
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