IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2016

Session 091: Worth a Thousand Words: A Global Perspective on Image Description, Discovery, and Access / sponsored by the Rare Books and Special Collections Section and the Art Libraries Section / The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Monday, August 15, 2016, 9:00am-5:30pm

Note: The image resolution in many of the PDF files has been reduced to facilitate online access.

9-10—WELCOME AND OPENING PRESENTATION

Lisa Carter, Special Collections and Area Studies, The Ohio State University Libraries, United States

Helen Vincent, Rare Books and Music Collection Manager, National Library of Scotland, United Kingdom and chair of IFLA’s Rare Books and Special Collections section

 

Opening speaker: Terry Reese, Ohio State University.  “Visual Materials and the Evolving Nature of Discovery.”

 

 

10-12—MAKING ACCESS TO IMAGES POSSIBLE

Session Chair: Hege Stenskud Høsøien, National Library of Norway.

Erin Blake, Collection Information Services, Folger Shakespeare Library, United States. “Bibliographic Description of Pictorial Material: an introduction to Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics).”

Morag Boyd, Special Collections Description and Access, Ohio State University Libraries, United States. “Managing Image Metadata: Building Workflows for Effective Discovery.”

Emily Gore, Digital Public Library of America, United States.  “RightsStatements.org: What It Is and What Does It Mean for the DPLA Network and Global Access to Digital Cultural Heritage.”

Trish Rose-Sandler, Biodiversity Heritage Library, United States. “Expanding Access to Natural History Images:  the Biodiversity Heritage Library and its Global Consortium.”

 

12-1:30  Lunchtime Conversation with Cartoon Artist Jeff Smith and Jenny Robb, Curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

 

1:30- 3:30 DISCOVERY TOOLS FOR IMAGES IN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Session Chairs: Liselotte Winka, Konstfack/University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden  and David Farneth, Getty Research Institute, United States

Tom Crane, Digirati, United Kingdom. “An Introduction to the International Image Interoperability Framework.”

Inge Reist, Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library, United States. “Introducing PHAROS, an International Photo Archive Consortium.”   

Sandra Brooke, Marquand Library of Art and Architecture, Princeton University, United States and Kathleen Salomon, Getty Research Institute, United States. “These Silent Witnesses of My Affections: A Collaborative Recreation of Count Leopoldo Cicognara’s Library.”

Emmanuelle Bermès and Matthieu Bonicel, Bibliothèque nationale de France. “Biblissima and IIIF.” 

 

3:30-4:30 REFLECTIONS, FUTURE TRENDS AND DISCUSSION

Piotr Adamczyk, Image Content and Museum Partnerships, ITHAKA, United States. “Access, Discovery … now what?”  Introduction: Lisa Carter.  Question moderator: David Farneth.

 

4:30-4:35  WRAP-UP

Helen Vincent, chair, IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section

Sandra Brooke, chair, IFLA Art Libraries Section

 

4:30-5:30 TOUR OF BILLY IRELAND CARTOON LIBRARY AND MUSEUM