May 21-24, 2007
Arlington, Virginia


Sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology
In cooperation with:
  ALA ALCTSAssociation for Library Collections & Technical Services
  CNICoalition for Networked Information
  Canadiana.org
  DLFDigital Library Federation
  DPCDigital Preservation Coalition
  ECPAEuropean Commission on Preservation and Access
  ISCCInter-Society Color Council
  MCNMuseum Computer Network
  OCLCOnline Computer Library Center, Inc
  SAASociety of American Archivists
  RLG
 

Papers Program

Tuesday May 22, 2007

8:30 - 9:35 AM

Keynote Session

Session Chairs: Scott Stovall, US Government Printing Office

Welcome and Announcements

Archiving Large Collections of Motion Images – Perspectives for the Digital Age (Keynote), Daniel Rosen, Warner Bros. (USA)

9:35 AM - 5:05 PM

Archiving and Technology

Session Chairs: Lukas Rosenthaler, University of Basel (morning)/Walter Cybulski, National Library of Medicine

The Simultaneous Capture of Spectral and Textural Information, D. John Redman, Hewlett-Packard Company; and Mark Mudge, Cultural Heritage Imaging (USA)

PDF File Migration to PDF/A: Technical Considerations, Frank L. Walker, George R. Thoma, and Marie E. Gallagher, National Library of Medicine (USA)

10:25 Coffee Break

Demystifying Color Science: An Applicable Color Management Approach for Photographers Working with Cultural Heritage, Natalie Russo, Yale University Art Gallery; Allen Phillips, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; and Franziska Frey, Rochester Institute of Technology (USA)

Ten Tips for Maintaining Digital Image Quality, Peter D. Burns and Don Williams, Eastman Kodak Company (USA)

Digitization for Preservation Reformatting, Steven Puglia and Erin Rhodes, US National Archives and Records Administration (USA)

The Use of JPEG2000 in the Information Packages of the OAIS Reference Model, Robert Buckley, William Stumbo, and Jim Reid, Xerox Research Center Webster (USA)

12:35 Lunch Break (on your own)

9:35 AM - 5:05 PM

Archiving and Technology

Session Chairs: Lukas Rosenthaler, University of Basel (morning)/Walter Cybulski, National Library of Medicine

Disk and Tape Storage Cost Models (Focal), Richard L. Moore, Jim D'Aoust, Robert McDonald, and David Minor, University of California San Diego (USA)

Format Identification, Validation, Characterization and Transformation in DAITSS, Carol C. H. Chou, Florida Center of Library Automation (USA)

Page Image Compression for Mass Digitization, Stephen Chapman, Harvard University Library (USA); Laurent Duplouy, Bibliothèque nationale de France (France); John Kunze, California Digital Library; Stuart Blair, Internet Archive; Stephen Abrams, Harvard University Library (USA); Catherine Lupovici, Bibliothèque nationale de France (France); Ann Jensen, California Digital Library; Dan Johnston, University of California at Berkeley (USA)

3:20 Coffee Break

Statistical Studies of Microfilm Digitization Service Output: A Survey of Vendor Capability, Ronald J. Murray, Library of Congress (USA)

Content Packaging Approach for a Large OAIS Repository, Gil Baldwin, Matthew Landgraf and Kate Zwaard, U.S. Government Printing Office; John Faure, Harris Corporation (USA)

Characterization of Search Engine Caches, Frank McCown and Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University (USA)

5:15 Conference Reception

Wednesday May 23, 2007

8:30 - 9:45 AM

Keynote Session

Session Chairs: Scott Stovall, US Government Printing Office

Welcome and Announcements

Award Presentations

The Current State of the Art in Digital Preservation and Continuing Challenges (Keynote), Donald Waters, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (USA)

9:45 AM - 12:40 PM

Digital Preservation

Session Chairs: Virginia Wiese, US Government Printing Office

Do You (Still) Have the Real Thing? Using the InterPARES 2 Framework of Principles to Address Authenticity in Preservation Process Assessments, Randy Preston, The University of British Columbia (Canada)

Building from Trust: Using the RLG/NARA Audit Checklist for Institutional Repository Planning and Deployment, Carolyn Hank, Helen Tibbo and Heather Barnes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)

10:25 Coffee Break

Preservation of a Natural Electronic Archive, Maria Esteva, University of Texas at Austin (USA)

Implementing PREMIS in Container Formats (Focal), Rebecca Guenther, Library of Congress and Zhiwu Xie, University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA)

2:00 - 4:35 PM

Digital Preservation (continued)

Session Chairs: Peter Fornaro, University of Basel

Enhancing the Quality of Metadata: Modular Approach to Digital Resource Lifecycle Management, Daniel Alemneh and Mark Phillips, University of North Texas (USA)

9:45 AM - 12:40 PM

Digital Preservation

Session Chairs: Virginia Wiese, US Government Printing Office

Compression and Digital Preservation: Do They Go Together?, Judith Rog, National Library of The Netherlands (The Netherlands)

12:40 Lunch Break (on your own)

2:00 - 4:35 PM

Digital Preservation (continued)

Session Chairs: Peter Fornaro, University of Basel

PAWN: A Policy-Driven Software Environment for Implementing Producer-Archive Interactions in Support of Long Term Digital Preservation, Mike Smorul, Mike McGann, and Joseph JaJa, University of Maryland (USA)

ACE: A Novel Software Platform to Ensure the Long Term Integrity of Digital Archives, Sangchul Song and Joseph JaJa, University of Maryland (USA)

An OAIS-Compatible Data Repository for the National Digital Newspaper Program: Lessons Learned During Phase I, Ray Murray, Library of Congress (USA)

Stretch Break

Compact Disc Service Life Studies by the Library of Congress, Michele H. Youket and Nels Olson, Library of Congress (USA)

DigCCurr: Building an International Digital Curation Curriculum & the Carolina Digital Curation Fellowship Program, Helen R. Tibbo, Christopher A. Lee, and John C. Schaefer; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)

The Impermanence of Permanence: A Look at the Changing Context for Image Preservation, James M. Reilly, Image Permanence Institute (USA)

4:35 - 6:30 PM

Interactive Session

Session Chairs: Lisa LaPlant, US Government Printing Office

Managing Digital Image Repositories as Key Tools in the Preservation of Cultural Objects (Interactive), Fenella G. France, Art Preservation Services (USA)

Quantitative Evaluation Criteria for the Selection of Standard Images used on Watermarking Performance Test (Interactive), Sang-il Na, Ju-Kyong Jin, and Dong-Seok Jeong, Inha University and Yung-Eun Jung, Telecommunication Technology Association (South Korea)

Criteria for a Storage Concept in a P2P Archival System (Interactive), Simon Margulies, Ivan Subotic and Lukas Rosenthaler, University of Basel (Switzerland)

Digitization of a Legacy Collection: The Collaborative Process When You Don't Have the Collection In-House (Interactive), Robin Haun-Mohamed and Virginia Wiese, U.S. Government Printing Office (USA)

Evaluating Binarization Techniques for Optical Character Recognition (Interactive), Donald B. Curtis, The Generations Network, Inc. (USA)

Keeping the Promises Associated with Your Digital Assets: Is it Possible? (Interactive), Marie E. Gallagher, National Library of Medicine (USA)

Utilizing Digital Contents to Enhance Traditional Manufacturing Industry and People's Life (Interactive), Yung-Cheng Hsieh, Ju-Chun Chien and Hui-Wen Cheng, National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) (Taiwan)

Multi-Variant Analysis of Real-World Environmental Variables Affecting Image Fading on an Outdoor Synthetic Inkjet Substrate (Interactive), Elizabeth A. Kline, Rochester Institute of Technology (USA)

Normalized Database Preserves Radio Programme Information for Internal Users and Research (Interactive), Osmo Palonen and Mirja Loponen, Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (Finland)

Thursday May 24, 2007

8:30 - 9:35 AM

Keynote Session

Session Chairs: Scott Stovall, US Government Printing Office

Welcome and Announcements

The Public Information Commons: What it is and Why the Open Content Alliance Cares about It (Keynote), Czeslaw Jan Grycz, Internet Archive (USA)

9:35 AM - 12:40 PM

Creating and Managing Collections

Session Chairs: Anna Fiolek, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Library

Evaluating Personal Archiving Strategies for Internet-based Information (Focal), Catherine Marshall, Microsoft Corporation; Frank McCown and Michael L. Nelson, Old Dominion University (USA)

Archiving a Historic Medico-legal Collection: Automation and Workflow Customization, Dharitri Misra, Song Mao, John Rees, and George R. Thoma, U.S. National Library of Medicine (USA)

10:30 Coffee Break

Next Generation Finding Aids: Creating the Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections, Elizabeth Yakel, Seth Shaw, Magia Krause, Jeremy York, Polly Reynolds, University of Michigan; James Sweeney, Consultant (USA)

The National Park Service’s Heritage Documentation Programs Draft a Collections Management Strategy for the 21st Century, Martin Perschler and Jennifer Hall, National Park Service (USA)

Access Management for On-demand Digital Archive Services, Antti Ropponen, Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (Finland)

Management of Digital Archives for Integrated Web Access to Scientific and Cultural Information, Michael B. Toth, R.B. Toth Associates (USA)