Researchers often need to visit archives as part of their process. This workshop will help to prepare archival researchers to maximize the limited time in a library or archive. This requires some expertise in photography, capturing high-quality images of documents, and of management techniques for digital content, to ensure the information is usable. 

The workshop will cover technical knowledge of recording devices such as cameras and peripheral tools that may aid in capturing information for later use. We will discuss policies researchers will likely encounter in archives. Finally, we will present Tropy, a research application for managing digital photographs and their metadata, within their archival context.

What participants need: participants are free to bring a laptop to follow along with the Tropy demo, but it is not required.

This workshop is being held in person at the Digital Scholarship Centre on the 2nd floor of Cameron Library. 

About the Instructors:

Peter Binkley is the Digital Scholarship Technologies Librarian. He holds a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies as well as an MLIS. He has worked in several areas of digital librarianship at the University of Alberta, including digitization (the Peel's Prairie Portal site), the institutional repository (ERA), digital preservation, and the data repository (Dataverse). His areas of special expertise include linked open data, minimal computing approaches, IIIF (the modern framework for online interactive images), and social media harvesting.

Hanne Pearce has worked at the University of Alberta Libraries for twenty years in several campus libraries where her work has focused on public service, communications, and now digital scholarship. She holds both an MLIS and an MA in Communications and Technology. In addition to her work at the University of Alberta, she is a freelance photographer and graphic designer. Any questions about the workshop can be directed to hspearce@ualberta.ca

Completion of this workshop can contribute to a partial requirement of The University of Alberta Professional Development program by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Please contact the instructor to sign the Declaration of Attendance.