Documenting I.C.28 TAGS: Anatomy | bodysnatchers | bones | Burke | Burke and Hare | Centre for Research Collections | Centre for Research Collections Digital Imaging Unit | CHDS | collections | composite | conservation | crime | cultural heritage | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | Digital Imaging | Edinburgh | edinburgh crime | High Quality Photography | Library | medical history | National Museum of Scotland | photography | Scotland | skeleton | skull | true crime | University of Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh Digital Imaging Unit | University of Edinburgh Library | victorian Last summer, I spent five days photographing the skeleton of William Burke to document recent conservation as a record for future collection care. The remains had been conserved and cleaned …Continue reading →

Sounds of St Cecilia’s TAGS: High Quality Photography | Museums | musical instruments | St Cecilia's Hall   Recently I have had the joy of photographing a range of instruments from the collections at St Cecilia’s Hall . Over the last few years, staff at St Cecilia’s …Continue reading →

My Experience as a DAMS Metadata Intern TAGS: DAMS | Digital Asset Management | Digital Preservation | Internship | metadata | students My name is Muminah and I’m about to enter my final year of studying Computer Science and Maths. For the past couple of months I’ve worked as a Digital Asset …Continue reading →

Introducing a 3D Digitisation Service: Feasible or Fantasy? TAGS: 3D Digitisation | 3D Modelling | Cultural Heritage Digitisation | Internship | Photogrammetry | University of Edinburgh Library For the past eleven weeks I’ve had the opportunity to intern with the Digital Imaging Unit, working on a project to evaluate the potential of establishing a 3D digitisation service within the department. “3D digitisation” in …Continue reading →