In 2021, the State Library of Victoria’s Digital Production team embraced 3D digitization through photogrammetry, led by Dr. Katrina Grant and Professor Mitchell Whitelaw from the Australian National University. The team, including Senior Production Technician Bart Geraedts, successfully navigated the process using Metashape software. They created seven detailed 3D assets from rare items in the Emmerson Collection, employing innovative techniques such as focus stacking, where each camera position captured 14 frames.
Balancing Legacy in Government Agencies
These resources are aimed at government agencies however they provide useful advice to any organisation facing the question of destroying original records where digitised copies exist or embarking on a digitisation project. General Records...
Digitization program planning
Planning a digitisation program? Here are some things to consider:
Developing a Digitisation Strategy
It is important that organisations plan a digitisation strategy, so they can make the most of the budget available to them and avoid costly mistakes. Planning a digitisation strategy can be daunting: not only should a strategy be complementary to...
Queen Victoria’s Royal visit to Dublin, Ireland, 4th April – 26th April, 1900: a collection gem from QUT Digital Collections
Robert August Henry L'Estrange took this image and another twenty one when he was in Dublin in April 1900. Queen Victoria, then aged eighty paid her last visit to Dublin, on what was nicknamed the "Boer War Tour" as army recruitment was down and...