Dear Students, Interested in a hands-on exposure to the theory and practice of scanning, metadata creation, quality control and uploads to an image database representing historical postcards of canals of New York State? Recent contributions to the “Waterways of New York” can be viewed at http://cdm16801.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/imagecoll Previous submissions, posted to the New York Heritage Collections, are available at http://nyheritage.nnyln.net/cdm/search/collection/qcgslis_f06 This course is recommended for students interested in Archives as a pre- or co-requisite to LBSCI 753: Digital Preservation. Past alums of the course have found this to be valuable stepping stone to digital archival positions, as well as useful experience in support of the digitization of local history collections in public libraries. LBSCI 757: Introduction to Digital Imaging This course introduces students to the theoretical and practical aspects of digital imaging, with an emphasis on “Best Practices” and lessons learned from existing digitization projects. Among the topics to be examined are: selection principles, project and workflow planning, digitization of images, file formats, quality control, rights management, metadata, access, funding issues, assessment and evaluation, digital asset management, and preservation. Theoretical concepts will be reinforced through hands-on production experience in digitizing and managing images and/or archival materials. Prerequisites: LBSCI 700, 701, 702 and 703. Please note: Class size is limited to no more than 14 students per section. Instructor: Dr. Thomas Surprenant Wednesdays, 6:40-9:15, Fall 2015, Rosenthal 256 Claudia A. Perry, MLS, Ph.D Associate Professor Graduate Advisor for Admissions Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, CUNY Flushing, NY 11367 claudia.perry@qc.cuny.edu 718-997-3790