Digitizing Medieval Archives
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Introduction
Overview of the Course
Assignments
Lead a seminar
Readings
Week 1 & 2 - Setting Up
Week 3 - Omeka
Week 4 - Github
Week 5 - Writing Supports
Week 6 - Palæography
Week 7 - Abbreviations
Week 8 - Codicology
Week 9 - Liturgical Genres
Week 10 - Cataloguing
Week 11 - Workday
Week 12 - Whetting your Digital Appetite
Week 13 - The Theory of the Digital
Week 14 - The Promise of DH
Week 15 - Capturing Manuscripts
How to take photos of documents
Image File Formats
Week 16 - IIIF
Week 17 - IIIF Annotations
Week 18 - Online Exhibits
Week 19 - TEI
Week 20 - Accessibility and Longevity
Week 21 - Work
Week 22 - Work
Week 23 - Presentations I
Week 24 - Presentations II
Week 25 - End of the Line
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Image File Formats

What are the different kinds of file formats for storing digital images, and what are the advantages/ disadvantages of different types?
  • A detailed overview is provided in Capture Your Collection: Small Museum Tutorial.
  • Read this page for a quick overview of image file types here.
  • The debate about image standards continues. Here is one detailed study (2010) evaluating using RAW image files as an archival standard. Michael Bennett and Barry Wheeler, "Raw as Archival Still Image Format: A Consideration"
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