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From:
Marilyn Lundberg <mlundber@usc.edu>Date: 1 November 2012 19:37
Subject: USC's WSRP Imaging Training Program
To:
wujastyk@gmail.com
Would you be able to put this announcement
on your list? If you have any questions, please let me
know.
Regards,
Marilyn Lundberg
USC'S TRAINING Program for scholars,
conservators, library and museum professionals, archivists and
researchers in the use of Reflectance Transformation imaging (RTI) for
documenting ancient texts and artifacts, including the loan of imaging
equipment
CALL FOR PROPOSALS (ROUND TWO)
The University of Southern California's West Semitic Research Project
(www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp) has just approved the first applicants for
training in Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). The projects
that have been accepted include RTI documentation of:
o
Egyptian graffiti incised on stone blocks
o Wax
and lead tablets and clay seals ranging from the first century BCE to
the eighth century CE
o
Egyptian quartzite statues
o Korean
artifacts
The Training Program is funded by grants from the Institute for Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IMLS and the Mellon
Foundation have also funded the purchase of imaging equipment to
support the Training Program.
The objective of this project is to develop an infrastructure for
training scholars in the use of RTI technology and subsequently to
lend the necessary imaging equipment to participants in the training
program so they can do an initial RTI documentation project either in
field environments (archaeological sites, etc.) or in libraries,
museums and/or other similar venues, worldwide. This initial
undertaking should be understood to be a pilot project that can
develop into an ongoing, broader documentary effort and preferably may
also serve as the catalyst for establishing a scholarly network
consortium for image documentation of a given corpus (or corpora) of
ancient texts and/or artifacts. All equipment to be lent out is
both rugged and compact and is thus ideal for doing sophisticated
imaging in remote locations. Twenty-four awards over three years
(approximately eight per year) for traineeships will be provided based
on the merit and intrinsic importance of a proposed pilot imaging
project as well as the appropriateness of the subject matter for RTI
imaging.
The next deadline for applying to the training program is January 15,
2013, followed by another deadline of April 15, 2013.
For more information, see
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/Training_Program.pdf,
http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/projects/imls.shtml, or contact
Marilyn Lundberg (mlundber@usc.edu) or Bruce Zuckerman
(bzuckerm@usc.edu).
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