Category Archives: General Interest

They came (to the Library) from outer space

Posted on December 20, 2022 by billcomstock

3D models of meteorites, created using photogrammetry. Meteorites by Harvard Library on Sketchfab

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Rijksmuseum 2+3D Photography Conference

Posted on February 19, 2019 by AK

Rijksmuseum 2+3D Photography Conference in May. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/2and3d Take a look at the program. (OMG) https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/8c8ae7fb-c1d9-4ebc-9405-71bcb9ca65bf/PreliminaryProgram_v190125.pdf

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Digitization: Current Practices to Future Prophecies

Posted on February 7, 2019 by AK

“Digitization: Current Practices to Future Prophecies” Chris Edwards, the Getty’s Imaging and Digital Media Architect, presentation at Documenta conference in November 2018. https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=dfd621a1-bbe9-4196-8166-802d117d7dc2 full conference info: https://www.documenta-archiv.de/en/aktuell/termine/1362/conference-archiving-the-unarchivable-das-unarchivierbare-archivieren

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The LSST camera

Posted on December 1, 2018 by David

The LSST camera is the largest digital camera ever constructed. The image surface is flat with a diameter of approximately 25.2 in (64 cm). The detector format employs a mosaic of 189 16-megapixel silicon detectors arranged on 21 “rafts” to … Continue reading →

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Accessing Harvard’s digitized maps

Posted on October 9, 2018 by billcomstock

Thousands of the Harvard Map Collection’s maps and atlases from around the world are available online in hi-res.

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MS Typ 464. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Book of Hours (Roman use) : ca. 1470

Posted on July 10, 2018 by kelliher
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American Beech

Posted on June 27, 2018 by billcomstock

Ever wondered what that big beautiful tree is, just off the NE corner of Loeb House? Find out at Harvard Yard Trees.

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So much stitching!

Posted on June 19, 2018 by billcomstock
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Photographing glass: Lighting techniques for transparent glass objects

Posted on April 30, 2018 by billcomstock

Corning Museum of Glass This is the first of a series of blog posts addressing photographic lighting techniques for transparent glasses.

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searchable glossary of bookbinding terms

Posted on December 13, 2017 by billcomstock

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) is a thesaurus of bookbinding terms for book structures dating from the ninth to the nineteenth century. This project has been partially funded by the AHRC. Contributions to the thesaurus have been made by … Continue reading →

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