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Torborg Director of Digital Collections and Imaging Hill Museum & Manuscript Library |
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Manuscript Digitization
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In 2003, HMML embarked on a new
initiative to photographically preserve manuscripts using
digital technology. Work began at Balamand, Lebanon and has
grown to include 14 overseas manuscript digitization
projects. HMML provides equipment and training; people are hired on-site to perform the actual photography work. HMML has a regional field director for the Middle East region to coordinate the activities of the studios and collect the data for shipment back to HMML. Copies of the manuscript images are also retained by the holding institutions. So far, HMML has received over 50
terabytes of manuscript images. HMML continues to look for
new imaging projects. |
A worker at the Balamand, Lebanon digitization studio blows dust off a manscript page before photographing it
with an overhead digital camera.
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