Digital Imaging Guidelines in Practice: Modeling a Scanning Workflow
Date and time: 9 AM - 4 PM Saturday, June 2, 2007, University
of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Meet in Memorial Library Rm. 126. Lunch
on your own. The hands-on time will be in the Digital Lab at the Wisconsin
Historical Society.
Cost: $125.00 per person Enrollment is limited to 10 people so
register soon!
Instructors: Andy Kraushaar, Visual Materials Curator, Wisconsin
Historical Society and Debbie Cardinal, WHO Project Manager, Wisconsin
Library Services,
Description: This workshop will be a combination of lecture, demonstration
and guided hands-on activities. The lecture portion will include when
to outsource scanning and when to do in-house scanning; scanning techniques;
choosing file resolution and formats; and file management best practices.
There will be a short discussion of archival preservation standards and
practice. Andy Kraushaar will provide a tour of the Wisconsin Historical
Society Digital Lab.
The hands-on section of the workshop will consist of scanning and image
processing using Photoshop, with the focus on developing a workflow for
batches of images. The process will move from scanning through editing
to file management, using common Photoshop strategies such as Levels,
Layers and Actions to assist with file management.
The workshop is intended for new users of CONTENTdm, and will cover digitizing
of material up to but not including importing the files into CONTENTdm.
This is NOT a Photoshop training class; rather it will use Photoshop
to model an effective workflow. Participants should have some knowledge
of Photoshop software or other image processing software. Levels, Layers
and Actions are more advanced features of Photoshop.
Prerequisites: Review of the Wisconsin
Heritage Online Digital Imaging Guidelines is required as the workshop
content will be based on these guidelines.
Please bring three items to scan and process.
Bring a CD or thumbdrive for your work.
Also, remember to bring lunch or lunch money.
Questions: Contact Debbie Cardinal at 608 265-2138.