Digitization from the Ground Up




VRA 2013, Providence, R.I.
David M. Dwiggins, Information Technology Officer
ddwiggins@historicnewengland.org
Historic New England’s mission
5 program areas

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Collections Access Project

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CAP grant on digitization

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Image selection
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Existing Imagery
    20,000+ existing digital images of collections
     identified before digitization even started (!!!)
Transparencies
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Museum Object Prints
Glass Plate Transit Negatives
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Data Cleanup: Boston Transit Collection
The case for “do it yourself” photography

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In-house publication photography
Getting started with object photography

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We used to do plenty of photography internally…
But had gotten out of the habit
First Harrison Gray Otis House, 1796
Technology in historic buildings, part I
Technology in historic buildings, part II
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Finished setup
In-situ digitization for museum objects
Still outsourced: Slides
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Ok, that worked… What about oversize materials?
Haverhill photo studio
Collections Storage in Haverhill
Goal: update photo studio for digital

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Final Haverhill equipment

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Digital Asset Management - ResourceSpace

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Import of embedded metadata
DAM/collections management integration




ResourceSpace




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Digitization from the Ground Up




VRA 2013, Providence, R.I.
David M. Dwiggins, Information Technology Officer
ddwiggins@historicnewengland.org

Digitization from the Ground Up: Digital Imaging for Historic New England's Collections Access Project