TASI - The Technical Advisory Service for Images has a few places
remaining on its forthcoming training workshop.
Capture/Digitisation - Beginners
Date: Weds 21st Feb 2001
Cost: £125
Venue: University of Bristol
Aim: To provide a brief theoretical overview of image capture combined
with practical scanning activities.
Audience: Project managers and non-technical professionals who would
like to grasp the concepts in a practical context. Teaching and
research staff that lack confidence in basic scanning and digital
imaging.
Content:
Introduction to all things digital
Handling originals safely
Black & white, greyscale and colour scanning
Scanners & Digital Cameras
Calibration
Correcting an image
Resolution
File Formats
Saving and naming your file
Bookings can be made online at
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/training/bookingform.html
TASI has a full programme of workshops for those involved in
digitisation projects, and those involved in using images in learning
or research. (Details available from www.tasi.ac.uk) These include:
Workshops for Image Capture include:
Capture/Digitisation - Beginners
Capture/Digitisation - Intermediate
Capture/Digitisation - Advanced
How to Photograph your original materials for digitisation
Workshops for Digitisation Projects include:
Image Processing and Manipulation for Collections
Setting up an image database - cataloguing & metadata
Managing a Digitisation Project
Collections Management
Quality Assurance
Managing Digital Preservation
Deciding if you should digitise
In-house digitisation vs. outsourcing
You've digitised but now what?
Workshops for Using Digital Images include:
Creating images and incorporating them into Teaching, Research
and Learning Materials
Finding and Using Images for Teaching and Learning
"Funky File Formats"
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Vince Jones, Technical Training & Research Officer
TASI - Technical Advisory Service for Images
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