Cornell University Library / Department of Preservation and Conservation
 

Workshop Outline will be available Aprill 2000

 

Instructor

Anne R. Kenney is Associate Director of the Department of Preservation in Cornell University Library, Co-Director, Cornell Institute for Digital Collections, and Director of Programs for the Council on Library and Information Resources. For over a decade, she has led research and production projects focusing on the use of digital imaging to retrospectively convert library and archival materials. She is the co-author of the award-winning Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (1996) and Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (Research Libraries Group, 2000). Kenney is a fellow and past president of the Society of American Archivists, and a former commissioner of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Additional Instructors

Richard Entlich has over ten years experience in library-sponsored digital imaging and electronic publishing initiatives. His work includes project management and technical support of the Chemistry Online Retrieval Experiment (CORE), one of the first large-scale efforts in networked distribution of digitized scholarly journals. He also contributed to the digital imaging components of the Core Historical Literature of Agriculture project, Making of America I, and TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library).

Franziska Frey is a research scientist at the Image Permanence Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a faculty member in the Mellon Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Natural Sciences (Concentration: Imaging Science) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Her work has primarily focused on establishing guidelines for viewing, scanning, controlling quality, and archiving of digital images. She has taught, lectured, and published widely on various aspects of electronic imaging and its applications for photographic collections.

Peter Hirtle is the Co-Director of the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections, and supervises a number of its digitization projects. In addition, Hirtle is Associate Editor of D-Lib Magazine, a monthly magazine about innovation and research in digital libraries. Previously Hirtle worked for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), first for the Technology Research Staff (where he contributed to its most recent study of digital imaging), and then as co-director of NARA's Electronic Access Project. Hirtle has served on the Executive Committee of the Society of American Archivists.

Sandra Payette is the Digital Library Researcher, Cornell Department of Computer Science. Her research activities include architectures of repositories for digital objects, metadata formats and architectures, and protocols for searching and retrieving digital resources. She is currently serving as the Technical Lead on Project PRISM, Cornell's DLI-2-funded effort that focuses on information integrity in digital library development.

Oya Y. Rieger is the Coordinator of Distributed Learning at the Cornell University Library. She oversees the development of new services and programs in support of technology-mediated instruction throughout the Library system. Ms. Rieger is the co-author of Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (Research Libraries Group, 2000). She has a diverse background in digital libraries, including managing numeric files collections, coordinating the development of the award-winning USDA Economics and Statistics System, providing reference services, and conducting user studies. During 1997-February 2001, Rieger coordinated the research and education initiatives of the Library's Digital Imaging and Preservation Research Unit. During this period, her research focus was on digital imaging and preservation of digital collections. Currently she serves on several national and international task forces, including co-chairing a NISO committee on technical metadata for image collections.

Don Williams is an Image Scientist, Image Engineering and Simulation Lab at Eastman Kodak Company, who has both theoretical and practical work experience in image capture, processing retrieval, display, compression and performance measurement of a wide variety of image and sensor types. His concentration areas include digital and analog image capture, imaging system simulations, and imaging performance and quality metrics.

Steven L. Worona is Assistant to the Vice President for Information Technologies, and Director, Computer Policy and Law Program, Cornell University. He has worked in the field of computer-based information storage and delivery for nearly 30 years. As Co-Director of Cornell's Computer Policy and Law Program, his current interests focus on how emerging information technologies impact our legal system and vice-versa. Mr. Worona serves on a wide variety of technical committees and task forces in the academic computing field and has spoken and consulted internationally on current applications and future trends in computer-based communication.

Lab Instructors

Peter Botticelli is Digital Projects Librarian in the Department of Preservation. His current focus is on digital preservation and the organization of digital libraries. He recently completed a master’s degree specializing in electronic archives, and also finished work on a two-year study of records appraisal in collaborative work environments. His background also includes research and writing in business history and the history of technology.

Carla DeMello is the Design/Technology Coordinator for the Department of Preservation where she designs and implements communication solutions. She has been doing freelance work in graphic design and illustration for over fifteen years and joined Cornell University's Department of Preservation and Conservation in 1999 to scan rare books for the Saganet project.

Barbara Berger Eden is the Preservation Reformatting Librarian for the Department of Preservation and Conservation at Cornell. She has spent the past thirteen years managing large-scale preservation microfilming projects, and during the past eight years production digital imaging efforts. In recent years, she has served as the chair of the American Library Association Preservation and Reformatting Section, has written numerous grant proposals, and is the Assistant Director of Operations for the department.

Richard Entlich see above.

Rhea Garen has recently joined the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections in the role of digital photographer. She has worked for many years in scientific research laboratories using microscopes, digital imaging and conventional photography. In addition, Rhea is a color fine art photographer who has exhibited work locally and nationally. Her educational background includes a BA in Biology from Cornell University and considerable coursework in art, photography and graphic design. Currently she is involved in a project to digitize the A.D. White collection of 19th century photographs.

Rob Glase is a Preservation Assistant in the Department of Preservation. He is currently scanning the Samuel May Anti-Slavery collection and coordinating various other tasks associated with that project. He is the coordinator for the Brittle Books Program and assists in Web projects for the Department. His education background is in History and International Studies.

David Jones is Digital Imaging Specialist for Cornell Institute for Digital Collections (CIDC). He has over 12 years of practical work experience and knowledge in graphic design, digital imaging systems and color management. His background also includes work experience and research in digital video production and pre-press desktop publishing. Mr. Jones also provides design and technical support for CIDC's many web based projects and imaging databases. He has a BA degree in Painting and Modern Dance from the State University of New York at Potsdam.