Archiving 2016 Preliminary Program
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M ARCHIVING2016 A April 19-22, 2016 • Washington, DC R G www.imaging.org/archiving General Chair: Kari Smith, O MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections R P Y R A N I M I L E R P Sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology April 19-22, 2016 • Washington, DC About the Conference The IS&T Archiving Conference brings together provides a forum to explore new strategies an international community of imaging experts and policies, and reports on successful projects and technicians as well as curators, managers, that can serve as benchmarks in the field. and researchers from libraries, archives, mu- Archiving 2016 is a blend of short courses, seums, records management repositories, in- invited focal papers, keynote talks, and formation technology institutions, and com- peer-reviewed oral and interactive display mercial enterprises to explore and discuss the presentations, offering attendees a unique field of digitization of cultural heritage and opportunity for gaining and exchanging archiving. The conference presents the latest knowledge and building networks among research results on digitization and curation, professionals. Cooperating Societies • American Institute for Conservation Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) • ALCTS Association for Library Collections & Technical Services • Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) • Digital Library Federation at CLIR . • Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) s e g o • IOP/Printing & Graphics Science Group V h p o t s • ISCC – Inter-Society Color Council i r h C • Museum Computer Network (MCN) : o t o h • The Royal Photographic Society P Short courses offer an intimate setting to gain more in-depth knowledge about technical aspects of digital archiving. View all short courses Conference Committee beginning on page 3. General Chair Peter Burns, Burns Digital Steering Committee Kari Smith, MIT Libraries, Institute Imaging (USA) Peter Burns, Burns Digital Archives and Special Collection Kathrine Hougaard Edsen Imaging (USA) (USA) Johansen, Copenhagen City Suzanne E. Grinnan, IS&T (USA) Archives (Denmark) Ulla Bøgvad Kejser, Det Program Chair Mikko Lampi, Mikkeli University Kongelige Bibliotek/The Royal Ulla Bøgvad Kejser, Det of Applied Sciences (Finland) Library (Denmark) Kongelige Bibliotek/The Royal Erik Landsberg, Museum of Kari Smith, MIT Libraries, Institute Library (Denmark) Modern Art (USA) Archives and Special Collection Volker Märgner, Technische (USA) Short Course Chair Universität Braunschweig David Walls, US Government Michael Horsley, National (Germany) Printing Office (USA) Archives and Records Phil Michel, Library of Congress Administration (USA) (USA) Christoph Voges, consultant Technical Program Committee (Germany) Michael Bennett, University of Kate Zwaard, Library of Connecticut (USA) Congress (USA) ©2016 Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). Cover image: Suzanne E. Grinnan Archiving 2016 Conference At-a-Glance Important Dates All short courses and technical sessions will Hotel registration deadline: take place at the National Archives , 700 March 7, 2016 Pennsylvania Ave. Please enter at the corner of 7th St NW and Constitution Avenue where Early registration deadline: March 21, 2016 it say “Group Entrance”. Please arrive early as you will need to go through security screen - Note: There is NO onsite ing to enter the building. registration for this event due to National Archives rules. Atten - Registration Desk Open dees must register for the event Tuesday, April 19 7:45 am – 5:30 pm ahead of time either online, by Wednesday, April 20 8:00 am – 4:00 pm fax, or by calling the IS&T office. Thursday, April 21 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Friday, April 22 8:30 am – 12:30 pm Tuesday, April 19 Thursday, April 21 • Short Course Program (see page 3); • Society Awards separate registration fee required. • Exhibition You may register for short courses • Technical Papers Program only; there is no requirement to - Imaging Standards and Quality attend the technical conference. Assurance • Meet and Greet at Iron Horse Tap - Imaging Strategies and Workflows Room, 507 7th St NW, 5:30 pm; locat - - Dissemination and Use ed 3 blocks from NARA. • Behind-the-Scenes Tours; see page 17 for details. Wednesday, April 20 - Library of Congress: Preservation • Opening Keynote: Spectral Imaging Directorate of Manuscripts: Recovery of the - National Archives and Records Past and Preservation for the Future ; Administration: NARA Innovation Roger Easton, RIT, and Keith Knox, Hub consultant - National Gallery of Art: Division of • Exhibition Imaging and Visual Services (DIVS) • Exhibitor Previews • Technical Papers Program Friday, April 22 - Advanced Imaging Techniques • Closing Keynote: Implementing Prac - - Asset Management tices that Lead to Use or Reuse of your - Interactive Paper Previews Collections , Emily Gore , Digital Public - Interactive Paper Session Library of America - Preservation Formats and • Technical Papers Program Frameworks - Metadata Standards and • Conference Reception: Hill Country Implementation BBQ, 410 7th St NW - Interactive Paper Session - Image Color Science and Analysis Tools - Evaluation and Impact • Interactive Papers 1 April 19-22, 2016 • Washington, DC The Venue: National Archives, Washington, DC The National Archives— Museums and the National Gallery of Art. home to the US Declaration Numerous cultural heritage institutions, the of Independence and US Capitol, the White House, other govern- Constitution—will host ment departments, national monuments, Archiving 2016. restaurants, and Metro transit stations are within easy walking distance. The 2016 Located in the heart of Washington, DC, the meeting occurs at the end of the Cherry Blos- National Archives borders the National Mall, som Festival, when the city’s gardens and which is home to many of the Smithsonian parks come alive with blooms. Accommodation and Transportation Lodging Accommodation Airport Information A special hotel rate of $159/night, including For planning purposes, attendees may arrive internet access, has been secured for Archiv- at any of the three Washington, DC airports. ing 2016 attendees at the Sheraton Silver • Reagan National Airport (DCA) is 14 Spring Hotel in Silver Spring, Maryland. The miles from the hotel. It offers the conven- hotel is located three blocks from the Silver ience of Metro access to Silver Spring Spring Metro Station. A 20-minute Metro ride with one train change; taxi rates are ~$35. (red line) takes attendees to Gallery Place/ • Baltimore Washington International Airport Chinatown, a short walk from the National (BWI) is 32 miles from the hotel by shuttle Archives. Hotel reservations must be made (~$30) or taxi (~$80); there is also a $7 by March 7, 2016. bus to the Greenbelt Metro, with one Metro train change enroute. Sheraton Silver Spring Hotel • Dulles International Airport (IAD) is 30 www.sheratonsilverspring.com miles from the hotel and hosts the most 8777 Georgia Avenue international flights. Shuttle/Metro combo, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 SuperShuttle (~$35), and taxi (~$80) service are all available from IAD. Rate: $159 + 7% occupancy and 6% state sales tax per night Getting to National Archives Metro (www.wmata.com) National Archives is Rate honored +3 days prior to and after the served by the Gallery Place/Chinatown Staion conference based on availability. Note: A (Red line) and Archives/Navy-Memorial/Penn $50 fee is incurred for checking out prior to Quarter Station (Yellow and Green lines). your confirmed departure date. Be sure to make any changes before checking in. Parking There is no parking at NARA itself. Street parking is limited both in terms of length To Reserve of time and availability. Garage parking is via Online: http://bit.ly/1PAC0PB recommended. via Phone: +1 301 589 0800 Reference: IS&T Archiving2016 Weather The average temperature in April is Check in/out 3:00 pm/noon 57°F/14°C. Some rain can be expected. 2 Archiving 2016 Short Course Program: Tuesday, April 19th NEW for 2016 ArchSC01: Computational Photography Techniques Special Notes for Short Courses for Cultural Heritage Documentation and Archiving: Reflectance Transformation Imaging All Short Courses take place at the National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave. Please enter (RTI) and Photogrammetry at the corner of 7th St NW and Constitution 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (3 hours) Avenue, the entrance for Groups. Please arrive Instructors: Carla Schroer and Mark Mudge, early as you will need to go through security Cultural Heritage Imaging screening to enter the building. We encourage you to register for courses in Through lectures, demonstrations, and discus - advance to insure that they run. sion, this short course provides a condensed overview of computational photography and Note that you may register for short courses only; conference registration is not required to its application to cultural heritage. Computa - register for classes. tional photography extracts and synthesizes information from image sequences to create a new image containing information not demonstration of the RTI photographic cap - found in any single image in the sequence. ture sequence, using standard digital photo - This course offers an intensive introduction to graphic equipment is performed during the the technologies, software, photographic course and new research techniques using equipment, and methods for reflectance these data sets are presented. transformation imaging (RTI), and 3D pho - The first half of the course features new togrammetry—techniques