workflow in digital archive for historical materials
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Kimiyoshi Miyata, National Museum of Japanese, gave a presentation for MCN Taiwan 2010 Annual Meeting at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (March 3, 2010)TRANSCRIPT
MCN Taiwan 2010 Meeting, March 3, 2010 Museum Digital Archives
Workflow in Digital Archive for Historical Materials Kimiyoshi MIYATA National Museum of Japanese History
Introduction To The MuseumThe National museum has 3 roles: The Museum of Japanese History (Rekihaku), opened in March of 1983. Its purpose is museum, research institute, the systematic research and exhibition of and graduate Japanese history and culture. school.
National Museum of Japanese HistoryGalleries Storage FacilityOver 200,000 materials Archeological objects Old d documents, maps Folk materials Artworks
Information Investigation Rooms
open to the p blic public
Resource R
Research Dept.
Museum is an access pointto the originalsA h l Accessibility is important. ibili i ihistorical materials and cultural properties
to the informationmaterial information, research results, photos, and digital contents
to something newknowledge, experiences, technology, and interesting
to the personsvisitors, researchers, scholars, students, and creators
to the past, present and f future
Combining Different MaterialsPictures Diorama
Documents
An Image of History
Archaeological sites
In Museums of HistoryAn image of h f history is exhibited. hb dFrom originals replicas photographs panels etc originals, replicas, photographs, panels, etc.
Exhibition is a visualization of the history image.Many researches are required to create it.
Visitors could see the history image from the exhibition. hbBut there are other images of history.
Multiple Perspectives on History
an image of history
Any i A given material and combination of th t i l d bi ti f them provide multiple perspectives on historyHistory y
How to support the creation of own perspectives in visitor s mind visitors
Expectations and Issues on Digital ArchiveExpected as toolsto make a balance between preservation and use to improve accessibility to the information and materials
Issues to be resolvedformats : images, documents, videos, media, etc mixing of new and old systems migrations:H/W,OS,applications migrations : H/W OS applications
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Recording MediaMagnetic tapes g popenreel, cartridge tapes
Floppy disks8 inch5 inch3.5 inch
Magnetic optical disksMO5 inch3.5 inch
Recent disksCDR, DVDR CD R DVD R
HDDSCSI, USB, FireWire(IEEE1394)
Memory cards yCF, SD
Migration Mi ti Problem
To Realize Flexible ExhibitionsDigital Archive System
Captionsfor Children,adults Researchers Differentstories Inmultiplelanguages
Digital Imaging TechnologyAk kernel of the d l f h digital archive. l h Convenient to acquire imagesEach researcher has digital camera at anytime. Huge image data could be available.
As investigation toolsNondestructive inspection of historical materials
Visualization of a variety of history images.on the W b h Web on the exhibitions
Combination of Imaging Devices
Digital Imaging System
Workflow of Image Processing
acquisition
processing
output
collection
investigation
exhibition
Basic workflow of museum activities
Processing Phase gInvestigationofHistoricalDocuments I ImprovementofLegibility f L ibili y q y byFrequencyFilters
Other Research Topics
A text hidden under old lacquer can be read by to documents using an infraApplication of IR imaging pp g g red imaging technique technique. coated with rhus lacquer
Document coated with rhus lacquer
IR image of the document a layer of
Texture and Surface Information
Output Phase pApplicationsforExhibitions
Digital Contents in Gallery
Diorama City of Kyoto
Applications f Exhibitions pp forProjectorandCameraSystem
Application of AR Technique
Collaboration Research with Prof. Miyake, Dr. Tsumura, Dr. N k D Nakaguchi and M Takiguchi hi d Mr. T ki hi Chiba University, Japan
SummaryIssues and expectations on digital archives in museums of history have been described.Digital Di i l archives should h l hi h ld help to i increase accessibility to the information about materials for a variety of purposes. i f p p pp It is important to provide support for visitors who seek to build alternative images from exhibited materials and information.
Need to open the informationfor many users for many purposes
MCN Taiwan 2010 Meeting, March 3, 2010 Museum Digital Archives
Workflow in Digital Archive for Historical Materials
Kimiyoshi MIYATA y National Museum of Japanese