Author Archives: billcomstock

Squeeze Imaging Project

Posted on October 21, 2013 by billcomstock

The Smithsonian Institution employed RTI to image a collection of squeezes.

Posted in 3D, General Interest, Photography, Work-related | Comments Off on Squeeze Imaging Project

Welcome to the MiniDome!

Posted on October 21, 2013 by billcomstock

The Folger Shakespeare Library recently (August 2013) hosted a two-day conference exploring “new tools for the study of English and Continental bookbinding and sharing new scholarship in the materiality of the book.”  At the conference a workshop on a new … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, General Interest, Photography, Work-related | Comments Off on Welcome to the MiniDome!

Louisville In Motion

Posted on October 16, 2013 by billcomstock

Louisville In Motion. A timelapse tour of Louisville Kentucky. from Eric Stemen on Vimeo.

Posted in General Interest | 1 Comment

Let’s get spherical!

Posted on September 10, 2013 by billcomstock
Posted in General Interest | Comments Off on Let’s get spherical!

Happy 150th Birthday to Russian Empire Photographer Sergei M. Prokudin-Gorskii!

Posted on August 30, 2013 by billcomstock
Posted in General Interest | 1 Comment

FDR: “none of us can guess the future”, so let’s start securing copies of our best stuff.

Posted on August 29, 2013 by billcomstock
Posted in General Interest | 1 Comment

High volume sheet feeding scanner

Posted on August 15, 2013 by billcomstock
Posted in General Interest | Comments Off on High volume sheet feeding scanner

A New Commitment to Sharing the Getty’s Digital Resources Freely with All

Posted on August 13, 2013 by billcomstock
Posted in General Interest | Comments Off on A New Commitment to Sharing the Getty’s Digital Resources Freely with All

Colonists’ 1767 petition uncovered in a Harvard library foreshadows the split with Britain

Posted on July 16, 2013 by billcomstock

“Harvard archivists have made what they call “a Revolutionary discovery” in the stacks at Houghton Library.”

Posted in General Interest, Work-related | Comments Off on Colonists’ 1767 petition uncovered in a Harvard library foreshadows the split with Britain

FREE OCR software: a survey of desktop and online tools

Posted on July 16, 2013 by billcomstock

“We looked sat three ‘types’ of OCR tools: online OCR services, desktop OCR programs and other software (mostly screenshot taking programs that have an OCR component). All of the tools mentioned are either FREE or have a free version.”

Posted in General Interest | Comments Off on FREE OCR software: a survey of desktop and online tools