Category: Digitisation

Digitizing History: A Journey through 3D Photogrammetry

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.

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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...

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