Category: Digital Imaging Laboratory

What has LTDS been doing the week of 8/31-9/6

Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) * Replaced Alumni IDs with Alt-IDs (from Sirsi) * Continued to work on clean-up projects including the duplicate charges * Configure Sandbox access * Continue working on notification letters Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy, Jamen) * Deployed a few new laptops * Processed new and released ETD’s/troubleshoot ETD’s * Ordered equipment, computers and software * Troubleshooting hardware issues * Worked with VUIT on increasing resources to improve performance Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) * DIL got up to full speed with a working plan for scanning * Continued to upload items into the system * Scanned…Read more What has LTDS been doing the week of 8/31-9/6

What’s New in the Digital Imaging Laboratory

Successful digitization results in a digital image that best depicts the physical item being digitized as accurately as possible. To ensure truthful color reproduction, color values must be matched to a known target. Library Technology and Digital Services recently acquired X-rite’s ColorChecker, color reference targets, and camera calibration software for use in the Digital Imaging Laboratory. A digital image of the ColorChecker’s reference target is captured by each digital camera in the laboratory. These images are uploaded in ColorChecker’s software to create a DNG file. The DNG file is used to create a color profile. The color profile is then…Read more What’s New in the Digital Imaging Laboratory