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Open up!Disclosing heritage for research and ‘the people’.
A double-win approachNele Gabriels & Bruno Vandermeulen
University Library, KU Leuven
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University
University Library
UL Central Services
Digitisation
Imaging Lab
Who we are
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What we do
Digitisation
Curators
Research
Education
Analogue materials
ULCS Metadata Services
LIBIS (LIS Provider)
Digital content
Digital Archiving& OPAC
Customers Partnerships
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1. Content availabilityClosed books in need of opening up
2. Academic contextAlliance with research: double-win
Assets
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Researchers are…1. Our public=> catalogue-based accessibility=> collection-based virtual libraries
KU Leuven, Ms. 201, link from LIMO (discovery and delivery interface) to Mets viewer (left); representation within the virtual collection of lecture notes from the ancient University of Leuven (LECTIO platform; right) (infrastructure development / implementation: LIBIS).
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1. Our public
2. Our clients: - Research needs => new tools (post-imaging: iiiF, OCR; during imaging: Reflectance transformation & MS imaging)
- Funding
Researchers are…
KU Leuven, Ms. 201(l) and Ms. C5 (r) in iiiF viewer (Mirador) (development: LIBIS)
KU Leuven, EBIB HIST L-BE MIT 1901
(awaiting OCR)
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1. Our public2. Our clients
3. Our infrastructure developers- Hardware - Software
Researchers are…
Prototype of Portable Light Dome, developed for the digitisation of cuneiform texts (development: ESAT, KU Leuven)
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Research question (Illuminare): - Studying the working method of medieval scribes, illuminators and print makers
- Looking for new tools for no-touch interactive exploration of the material characteristics of graphic materials in a non-destructive way
Case: Art-technical imaging
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Available: Portable Light Dome (Photometric stereo; ESAT, KU Leuven)- Multidirectional lighting- Interactive object display (viewer)- Fine measurements and height profiles of object surfaces (2D+ models)
Case: Art-technical imaging
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Answer: Microdome- Shape adjusted to physical requirements of fragile books with tight bindings
- Versatile usage (on table, with tripod or Conservation Copy Stand)
Case: Art-technical imaging
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Microdome, RICH project (development: ESAT, KU Leuven)
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Result: Microdome- Shape adjusted to physical requirements of fragile books with tight bindings
- Compatible with tripod, Conservation Copy Stand, …
- Combination of multi-directional lighting and digital filters => uncovers ‘invisible’ data
Case: Art-technical imaging
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Height profile comparison
Antiphonary
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Application:- Non-destructive art-technical research- Instrument in determining and monitoring conservation treatments
Case: Art-technical imaging
Follow-up project: Multi-Spectral imaging- In-depth digital analysis (UV, BGR, IR)- Objective data gathering re. pigments
and scribal/illuminating techniques- Mapping XRF to spectral data, creating
a chart for pigment reaction to MS light
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KU Leuven, BTAB, MS1993, fol. 8r with normal and IR light
Visual spectra FCIR: IR, G, B
KU Leuven, GBIB, MS1 (Anjou Bible),
fol. 1v
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KU Leuven, GBIB, MS1 (Anjou Bible), fol. 1v as viewed in the Portable Light Dome viewer (adjusted to enable interactive exploration of multi-spetral data)
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SocietyResearch questions Imaging
Team up digitisation and research!Double win
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ULCS Digitisation CS Digital Imaging Lab
Faculty of ArtsUniversity Library
Teaming up digitisation and research@KU Leuven
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Society
Research questions Imaging
ULCS Digitisation CS Digital Imaging Lab
Open up!Disclosing heritage for research and ‘the people’.
A double-win approachNele Gabriels & Bruno Vandermeulen
University Library, KU Leuven