Above: The Creative Commons logo is, for many, a symbol of a new way of dealing with copyright more applicable to the information era. It certainly holds out promise for museums, archives and other public repositories that hold collections in trust for the public good.
Copyright and Creative Commons
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Creative Commons Lawyers to Input Heritage Digital Campus
Posted in 2009 July, tagged Africa Media Online, African Commons Project, Andrew Rens, copyright and heritage, Creative Commons, Creative Commons South Africa, David Larsen, Dwayne Bailey, Freedom to Innovate South Africa, Graeme Cookson, Heritage Digital Campus, IP Rights, Sarah Saunders, Tobias Schonwetter, Training in Intellectual Property Rights on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What You Said About Africa Media Online’s 2008 Digital Campus
Posted in 2008 September, tagged Adobe, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0, Africa Media Online, African model released pictures, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, African photo entrepreneurs, African photographers, African photography, African royalty free pictures, APEP, Ascot Conference Centre, Cape Town School of Photography, Caroline Suzman, David Larsen, Digital Campus, Graeme Cookson, Greg Marinovich, Hofmeyr House, Leonie Marinovich, Lightroom, Market Photo Workshop, Museum Africa, Paul Weinberg, Peter Krogh, TJ Lemon on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Picture Above: Africa Media Online staff and participants in the African Photo Entrepreneur Programme in the pub at the Ascot Conference Centre during the Pietermaritzburg Digital Campus. From left to right: Maryann Shaw (APEP participant – South Africa), Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi (APEP participant – Zimbabwe) Lungile Kunene (Sales Assistant, AMO), Julius Mwelu (APEP participant – Kenya), [...]
World Press Photo adds value to African Photo Entrepreneur Programme
Posted in 2008 August, tagged Africa Media Online, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, African photographers, African photography, Ahmed Jallazo, Digital Campus, digital imaging, FotoFinder, Graeme Cookson, Microsoft Expression Media, Peter Krogh, World Press Photo on August 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Picture Above: Africa Media Online’s Digital Campus is being run in Joburg this week after a brilliant week at the Cape Town School of Photography in Cape Town. The team at the Cape Town School of Photography did a wonderful job of hosting the Digital Campus. This week, Museum Africa and the Market Photo Workshop [...]
Building an Archive that will Last: Resolution
Posted in 2008 August, tagged digital imaging, Africa Media Online, African photography, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, Digital Campus, Graeme Cookson, Peter Krogh, Africa Image Pipeline, geotagging images, image resolution, digital standards on August 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Dusk in Cape Town with Table Mountain and Lion’s head to the right of it. Africa Media Online’s Digital Campus moves to the “Mother City” next week after a wonderful week in Pietermaritzburg.
Welcome to the seventh edition of the Digital Picture Library Manager blog designed to add value to the management of your picture and [...]
Building an Archive that will Last: Bit Depth
Posted in 2008 April, tagged Africa Media Online, African photography, African Image Pipeline, Digital Campus, Graeme Cookson, Peter Krogh, African photographic archives, digital masterclasses, National Heritage Council, 2010 digitisation project, Gijima KZN, European Union, Advocate Mancotywa, International Library of African Music, ILAM, Rhodes University, Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards, Claire Kruiskamp, bit depth on April 23, 2008 | 4 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 photography, Graeme Cookson, African photographic archives, David Larsen, digital masterclasses, International Library of African Music, ILAM, broad based black economic empowerment, BEE, dots per inch, dpi, digital collections, Sandile Swana, Kabusha Technology Investments, Rouen Bruni, Digital Imaging Essentials, Practical Digital Workflow, African music archives, David Goldblatt, honorary fellowship, Royal Photographic Society, 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 [...]
Early Bird Discount for Masterclasses Ends Today
Posted in 2008 June, tagged Africa Media Online, African photography, African Image Pipeline, African Photo Entrepreneur Programme, Digital Campus, Graeme Cookson, Peter Krogh, African photographic archives, South African Museums Association, SAMA, Louise Gubb, Julia Heinemann, photojournalist, Lumas, Alexander Joe, Karine Aigner, National Geographic Kids Magazine, Dominique Le Roux, Xenophobia, South Africa, commentary, David Larsen on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Above: Dusk over Cape Town with the mountain on the left and Lion’s Head on the right. The 72nd South African Museums Association national conference was held in the last week of June at a venue close to this view.
Welcome to the sixth edition of the Digital Picture Library Manager blog designed to add value [...]
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