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Viewing History From The Sky: Geo-Rectification Of An Aerial Photography Collection, Kate F. Boyd Nov 2016

Viewing History From The Sky: Geo-Rectification Of An Aerial Photography Collection, Kate F. Boyd

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After years of looking for funding, in 2013 USC Libraries was awarded a grant from the Gaylord & Donnelly Foundation to scan and geo-rectify the South Carolina historical aerial photographs from 1930-1980s. This presentation, given at the Digital Library Federation Forum in 2016, documents the efforts to receive funding and the process of bring these photographs online for users. Thanks to Bill Sudduth of Government Information for his efforts in continuing this process.


It Plays Therefore It Is: The Cartesian Problem For Film Preservationists, Greg Wilsbacher Nov 2010

It Plays Therefore It Is: The Cartesian Problem For Film Preservationists, Greg Wilsbacher

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Film archivists are facing a new challenge as we move from digitizing analog video tape to digitizing motion picture film. Specifically, we must ask ourselves whether we want to preserve the moving image as an essence or motion picture film as a material artifact.