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Digital Images Creation, Curation and Use Mick Eadie Assistant Director, AHDS Visual Arts

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Digital ImagesCreation, Curation and Use

Mick EadieAssistant Director, AHDS Visual Arts

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Creation- Digital image characteristics- Digitisation issues- Workflows

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Curation- Looking after images to best facilitate their

use- Digital Asset Management- Aims of the project- Role of the institution

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Use- National repositories- National image collections- The Digital Picture- Joining up the local with the national

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AHDS Visual Arts

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The Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) is aUK national service which collects, preserves andprovides access to high quality digital materialsthat arise from or support research and teaching& learning in the Arts and Humanities.

AHDS Visual Arts: Who are we?

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The Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS)is made up of five subject centres:• Archaeology• History• Performing Arts• Literature, Language and Linguistics• Visual Arts

AHDS Visual Arts: Who are we?

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archaeology

history lit., lang. & ling.

visual arts

performing arts

Arts and Humanities Data Service

AHDS Visual Arts: Who are we?

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• Providing visual arts digital resources andoffering advice for their creation and use

AHDS Visual Arts: What do we do?

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• Providing visual arts digital resources andoffering advice for their creation and use

• Preserving visual arts digital resources toensure their long term survival and use

AHDS Visual Arts: What do we do?

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• Providing visual arts digital resources andoffering advice for their creation and use

• Preserving visual arts digital resources toensure their long term survival and use

• Promoting good practice in the creation anduse of visual arts digital resources

AHDS Visual Arts: What do we do?

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AHDS Visual ArtsCollections

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• Currently around 70,000 high quality imagesin our online catalogue

AHDS Visual Arts: Collections

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• Currently around 70,000 high quality imagesin our online catalogue

• Across 80 different collections

AHDS Visual Arts: Collections

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• Currently around 70,000 high quality imagesin our online catalogue

• Across 80 different collections

• Plus a growing number of Learning andTeaching resources

AHDS Visual Arts: Collections

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The image catalogue covers most areas ofthe visual arts, including architecture, fineart, design, applied arts and media.

AHDS Visual Arts: Collections

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Architecture

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Painting

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Drawing

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Sculpture

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Photography

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Graphic Design

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Product & Packaging Design

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Fashion Design

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Interior Design

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Industrial Design

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Ceramics

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Textiles

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Calligraphy and Lettering

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Furniture

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Articles & Comment

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Archive Material and Ephemera

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AHDS Visual ArtsProjects

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fineart.ac.uk

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thedigitalpicture.ac.uk

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AHDS Visual ArtsAdvice & Guidance

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AHDS Visual Arts: Advice & Guidance

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Creating Digital Images

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Creating Digital Images

• The source• Image characteristics

- Purpose- Quality- Resolution- Formats- Compression

• Documentation• Workflow

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Source – Digitisation - Resource

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Purpose

Some examples:• To provide access to a hitherto hidden resource• To preserve and record fragile originals• To create a resource for my specific research / and or

teaching• To use technology to discover new things• To provide a reference• …

Ideally should be the first consideration

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Quality

• Quality an entirely subjective measure

• Something that serves its purpose

• Image and Information

• Try to future-proof as far as possible

• Benchmarking

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Resolution

• Bitmapped images are madeup of many pixels

• Each pixel stores informationabout it’s colour (either RGB,Greyscale, Bi-tonal)

• RGB images typically store 24bits of information

• Pixels per inch (ppi) dictatesamount of visible information

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Resolution

A common misconception:

- “300 dpi is good ‘quality’”

- May be, but always depends on the source

- size of the resulting digital image is theoriginal object’s dimensions in inches x ppi

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File Formats

The standard archival file format remainsuncompressed TIFF rev. 6

Recent additions:• PNG

developed as gif substitute and possible tiff substitute. It is a fully open source formatsupported by W3C

• DNGan attempt to standardise digital camera RAW formats, which currently areproprietary depending on camera manufacturer

• JPEG2000an international standard since December 2000 when JPEG 2000 Part 1 becameISO/IEC standard 15444

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Compression

• The two types of compression ‘lossless’ and ‘lossy’.

• Lossless compression enables a reduction in file size without losing anyinformation within the file, hence lossless.

• Lossy compression, on the other hand, reduces file size with acorresponding loss of data.

• It works by eliminating information from the file that the program deemssuperfluous.

• Lossy is probably the appropriate type of compression for greyscale orcolour images.

• Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) common type of lossycompression.

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Documentation

Information which describes and explains your imagesand their context

Information about:- content of resources- technical and administrative history- methodologies used- purpose and re-use for research and teaching

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Documentation

To ensure successful accessto your digital resources now

… and in the future

Responsibility of the resource creator

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MetadataWhat is Metadata?

- Not a new idea

- A structured form of documentation

- Describes, explains, helps to locate, retrieve & managean information resource

- Consistent information adhering to establishedstandards

- Can be separate from or embedded in the object itdescribes

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Metadata

Enriches the resource by adding structured,standardised contextual information

Facilitates resource discovery thusextending usefulness of resource bywidening access to it

Allows the resource to be managedeffectively, increasing its long-term viability

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So far we’ve talked about…- Purpose- Quality- Characteristics (resolution, formats, compression)- Documentation (metadata)

Other factors:- Storage / preservation- Copyright- What hardware and software?- Bringing all tasks together

Creating Digital Images

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Workflow

• A system to manage and monitor working processes

• Defining and tracking the flow of work betweenindividuals and/or departments

• Network of activity to accomplish something

• The path and systems used in the linked flow of activities

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Workflow

quality

consistency efficiency

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Workflow

Some other factors:• Staff hiring/shortages• Local politics• Funder’s paperwork• Contractors deadlines not met• …

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Workflow

• Before ‘workflow’ can be addressed

• Tasks and goals need defining

• Specifications and testing phases

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Workflow: preparation

Material preparation

Outline delivery

Assess copyright issues

Quality assurance

Test cataloguingTest data capture

User analysis

Material selection

Preservation

Define deliverables

Choose metadata schema

Define goals

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Workflow: preparation

• Work will only ‘flow’ after time and fine-tuning

• 3yr project can take 6 months to set up

• Projects can have little to ‘show’ initially

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Workflow: tasks• Prepare material to be digitised

• Capture using appropriate hardware, software and file formats andmethodology

• Document preservation / technical information

• Document resource discovery information / keywords / Indexing

• Quality assurance (the digital file)

• Quality assurance (the documentation)

• Storage/Preservation

• Delivery

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Workflow: roles

• Material selection (subject expert)

• Copyright clearance (administrator)

• Capture (photographer)

• Technical metadata (photographer)

• QA of image (photographer, subject expert)

• Preservation / storage (photographer, administrator)

• Resource discovery metadata (cataloguer, subject expert)

• QA catalogue records (subject expert, proof-reader)

• Delivery versions (web developer)

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Workflow

• Preparation period is crucial …

• …and can be quite long

• Workflow will be project/format specific to some extent

• But can be generalised in to key tasks

• Workflow will improve over time

• You’ll be experts by the time of your next project …

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Creation

So far…- creating digital images- the local project- capture (images and their documentation)- workflow- best practice

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Curation & Use

Moving onto this afternoon…

Curation:- managing institutional digital assets- technical infrastructure- databases & repositories

Use:- national trends in image provision- sharing and pooling resources- what purpose?

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Curation

• Looking after digital resources• Role of the institution• Image (asset) management• Technology and infrastructures• Culture

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• Institutional Strategy• HEFCE• Department for Education• Interoperability/partnerships

• Local Strategies (departments etc.)• IT strategy• IPR and copyright issues

Curation

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Technical frameworks

– Intranets– Virtual Learning Environments (e.g.

Blackboard, WebCT)– Shared drives– Digital slide libraries– Institutional repositories and databases

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Repositories

• JISC• Eprints, Dspace …• File stores• Particular emphasis, e.g. E-learning,

Research outcomes

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Repositories

• Different documentation requirements andstandards from traditional image databases

• UK LOM Core metadata• Info about: difficulty, time, usage• Amalgam of material or ‘aggregate resources’• Not really somewhere to store the ‘raw’ material• Generally slow take up• Often doesn’t include much multi-media• To date …

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Image databases

• A better place to store image collections

• Added funtionality, e.g. related images, other views,zoom, high res images

• Image specific information

• Can provide content for repositories

• Able to share information with the repository seemlessly

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• But not about just technology• It is a Cultural Challenge• About processes and standards not

necessarily about products• Needs clear cross-departmental institution-

wide strategies• Needs to comply with National Strategies• Buy in from the academic community

Curation

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• Create access to expertise• Take advice on best equipment and National

and International standards• Ensure accessible training and support• Explore opportunities for funding• Include quality assurance• Develop strength through partnerships• Make available to all

Curation

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• Easily accessible resources to support your coreactivities/aims

• Easily usable/re-usable resources• Sustainable resources which justify the

investment• Robust framework that can deliver content from

within and beyond host body• Appropriate resource for target users

The Benefits

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The Digital Picture

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“The Digital Picture has been established toexplore issues relating to the effects of thedigital revolution on our use of images...”

Final report and survey results availablefrom: http://thedigitalpicture.ac.uk/documents/

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Digital Picture

• Image provision- Local initiatives- National collections (Edina, SCRAN)- National Fund (NOF, JISC)- Google

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Digital Picture

• The notion of a Nationally funded core collectionof images appealing but complicated

• Has to be a partnership between the local,institutional and the national

• Community involvement

• Top down, bottom up

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Benefit of the collaborative approach

• Pooling of resources• Joining up of multiple institutes• Shared software tools• Sharing knowledge• Greater depth of information• More availability• Better resources• Large and small• Users satisfied …

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Users?

• Users in different areas of education:– Non-vocational;– Lifelong learning;– Further education;– Higher education;– Masters study;– PhD study;– Post doctoral research.

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Users?

• Users with different roles:– Students;– Researchers;– Support staff;– Practitioner;– Lecturers;– Managers;– Librarians.

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Users?

• Users with different learning needs:– Dyslexia;– Colour blindness;– Physical impairment;– English as a second language.

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Users?

• Users with different subject needs:– Creative arts– Humanities– Engineering, applied sciences and technology– Languages, linguistics and literature– Library and information technology– Philosophy and Psychology– Religion and Theology– Social Sciences, Law and Government

Based on HERO subject oriented directories

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Purpose

Some examples:• To provide access to a hitherto hidden resource• To preserve and record fragile originals• To create a resource for my specific research / and or

teaching• To use technology to discover new things• To provide a quick reference

Ideally should be the first consideration of the project

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Fit for purpose – fit for how many purposes?

Purpose

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Fit for purpose – fit for how many purposes?

Many unforeseen uses for the images youcreate

Purpose

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• Local project meets standards and bestpractice

• Institution facilitates the local project andhelps to locate it in a national context

• Sharing, pooling image resources betweendepts., institutions and national collections

• Technology and culture

Creation, Curation and Use

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Creation, Curation and Use

For the institution and its staff• Good reputation• More project funding• More opportunity

• More and Better image resources for alleducation

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Digital ImagesCreation, Curation and Use

Mick EadieAssistant Director, AHDS Visual Arts