Wednesday November 21st, 11:30am-11:55am @ Angus - Breakout Room

Te Papa has been steadily digitising it's collections for many years but recently embarked on an Accelerated Collections Digitisation Programme (ACDP) to rapidly increase the numbers of our collections that were accessible via our Collections Online platform. The focus of the programme in the first year was on objects from our Works on Paper and Photography collections, the presentation is on 2d digitisation which offers unique opportunities for extremely accurate and calibrated image capture.

This presentation will offer an overview of the programme and follow the digitisation process from an imaging perspective. It will cover the workflow from object selection and capture as well as equipment used and the technical aspects and the international best practice standards of capture followed. And from a collections perspective it will touch on the discoveries and success stories of the programme.

Michael O'Neill , Te Papa, Manager Collection Imaging