An international SEPIA conference at the
Finnish Museum of Photography
Helsinki
18-20 September 2003

The Finnish Museum of Photography hosted this conference as part of the project Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access (SEPIA) funded under the European Union’s Culture 2000 Programme.

About the conference | Papers | The organizers

About the conference

The conference’s aim was be to bring together a wide audience of professionals from archives, museums, libraries and the commercial sector who are responsible for management of photographic collections, and experts in photography and digital imaging. The focus was on management of photographic collections, the possibilities for increasing access to the photographic heritage, and problems of preservation (of photographs as well as digital collections). The orientation of the conference was towards application of new technology, with an emphasis on projects that have explored solutions for issues like scanning requirements, descriptions, searching and metadata, user requirements, inter-operability, digital asset management, financial and organizational aspects, exploitation of collections, copyright etc. The results of the SEPIA project were also presented at the conference.

Conference papers

Asko Mäkelä, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
keynote: Dream of a picture archivist [Full text - PDF 184kB]
Abstract & Biography

Yola de Lusenet, European Commission on Preservation and Access, Amsterdam
keynote: The photographs we keep. Experiences of the SEPIA programme [Full text - PDF 105kB]
[PowerPoint presentation - PDF 571kB]
Abstract & Biography

James Stevenson, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Digitisation working methods [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 841kB]
Abstract & Biography

Simon Tanner, Kings College London Digital Consultancy Services
The economic value of digital cultural heritage: models and strategies
[PowerPoint presentation - PDF 313kB ]
Abstract & Biography

Torsten Johansson, Stockholm City Museum
It is possible to control photographic collections through database systems!
Report of the SEPIA Working group on descriptions [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 477kB]
Abstract & Biography

Margaret Graham, Institute for Image Data Research, University of Northumbria, Newcastle
Image users - what do we know about them? [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 597kB]
Abstract & Biography

Douwe Zeldenrust, Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services, Amsterdam
Picture the past, the use of documentary photographic images in historical research [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 135kB]
Abstract & Biography

Michael Day, UKOLN, University of Bath
Image metadata: interoperability and exchange [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 313kB]
Abstract & Biography

Aira Laitinen, Lehtikuva Oy picture agency, Helsinki
Picture Agency Lehtikuva Oy and the digital world [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 1.844 kB]
Abstract & Biography

Jean-Paul Gandolfo, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière, Paris
ABSTRACT: Exposure to light on flatbed scanners
Evaluation of light levels using a gelatin-bromide photographic paper [HTML]

Franziska Frey, Rochester Institute of Technology
Quality - important to create digital collections worth preserving PowerPoint presentation - [PDF 630kB]
Abstract & Biography

Jean-Marc Fontaine, Laboratoire d'Acoustique Musicale, Paris
The use of optical discs in digital preservation [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 3.499kB]
Abstract & Biography

Gigliola Fiorovanti, Centro di Fotoriproduzione Legatoria e Restauro degli Archivi di Stato, Rome
Perspectives, programmes, projects of the Archival Service in Italy about the photographic archives and collections carried out by the Centro di fotoriproduzione legatoria e restauro degli Archivi di Stato [Full text - PDF 65kB]
Abstract & Biography

Trond Bjorli, Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, Oslo
The digitized museum? [Full text - PDF 106 kB]
Abstract & Biography

Kristin Aasbø, National Library of Norway, Rana Division, Mo i Rana
Dublin Core, a useful tool for photography? [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 512kB]

Edwin Klijn (ECPA) and Laurents Sesink (NIWI)
SEPIA working group on descriptive models and tools [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 491kB]
Abstract & Biography

Martin Jürgens, Photograph Conservator, Hamburg
Preserving digital prints in archives and image collections [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 2.942kB]
Abstract & Biography

Karl-Magnus Drake, National Archives of Sweden, Oslo
Management of image quality control and assurance as well as metadata in high volume digital imaging systems [PowerPoint presentation - PDF 4.428kB]
Abstract & Biography

Juha Sulin and Asko Mäkelä, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
ABSTRACT: Flocking digital photographs [HTML]

Wolfgang Hesse, Rundbrief Fotografie, Dresden
'Ceci n'est pas une pipe'. Some remarks on the ethics of digitization [Full text - PDF 163kB]
Abstract & Biography

Rainer Oesch, Director for the Academy of Finland's Research Project on Licensing, Helsinki
Licening of photographs in a digital world [Full text - PDF 57kB]
Abstract & Biography

Eero Hyvönen, University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science
Intelligent image retrieval and browsing using semantic web techniques - a case study [Full text - PDF 385kB]
Abstract & Biography

Erkki Huhtamo, University of California, Los Angeles
Virtual museums of photography - Problems and promises [Full text - PDF 219kB]
Abstract & Biography

Organizers

The conference is organized in the framework of the SEPIA project by the The Finnish Museum of Photography (FMP) and the The European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA).

Main sponsor: The Cable Factory, Kaapeli (Member of Trans Europe Halles)