Above: Michael Barns cares for the 2-3 million images in the holdings of the Smithsonian Photographic Services which are kept in cold storage in one of the Smithsonian buildings in Washington DC. It was a privilege interacting with him and his Director, Carl Hansen during a trip to the US in October last year. I [...]
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Building an Archive that will Last: Bit Depth
Posted in 2008 April, tagged 2010 digitisation project, Advocate Mancotywa, Africa Media Online, African Image Pipeline, African photographic archives, African photography, bit depth, Claire Kruiskamp, Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards, Digital Campus, digital masterclasses, European Union, Gijima KZN, Graeme Cookson, ILAM, International Library of African Music, National Heritage Council, Peter Krogh, Rhodes University on April 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Above: Shalom Farm, Greytown, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. An estimated 60,000 men gathered on Angus Buchan’s farm to hear the farmer and author speak, calling men from all walks of life to live lives for a purpose greater than personal gain. Over seven thousand men gathered in 2007 and in 2008 35,000 were expected. The [...]
Building an Archive that will Last: File Size
Posted in 2007 October, Blogroll, tagged Africa Media Online, African music archives, African photographic archives, African photography, BEE, broad based black economic empowerment, David Goldblatt, David Larsen, digital collections, Digital Imaging Essentials, digital masterclasses, dots per inch, dpi, Graeme Cookson, honorary fellowship, ILAM, International Library of African Music, Kabusha Technology Investments, Practical Digital Workflow, Rouen Bruni, Royal Photographic Society, Sandile Swana, The Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photog on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Above: The Eastern Cape from the air. Africa Media Online’s Mobile Digitisation Unit has relocated to the Eastern Cape to digitise the International Library of African Music
Welcome to the second edition of the Digital Picture Library Manager blog designed to add value to the management of your picture and media collections as well as to [...]
