by Patrick McDonough | Sep 2, 2026 | Cultural Heritage News
Digitization as Risk Management On September 2, 2018, a fire broke out in the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. By the time it was extinguished, an estimated 92.5% of the museum’s 20-million-item collection was gone. The meteorites and fossilized...
by Patrick McDonough | Aug 26, 2026 | Cultural Heritage News
Digitization does not end when an image is captured. The long-term value of a digitization program depends on how digital files are stored, documented, and preserved over time. Without a structured digital preservation strategy, institutions risk data loss, format...
by Doug Peterson | Aug 19, 2026 | Cultural Heritage News
The Phase One iXH 250mp is shipping and one of its surprise features is Frame Averaging which greatly reduces noise in deep shadows. The user still clicks one button (or taps one foot pedal) and the camera still produces a single standard raw file. But the sensor...
by Patrick McDonough | Aug 13, 2026 | Cultural Heritage News
DT Nexus Live Demo Recap: Color Negative Inversion, AI Crop, & Real Workflow Automation If your digitization workflow currently runs through four or five different pieces of software — one for camera control, one for profiling, one for cropping, one to check FADGI...
by Patrick McDonough | Aug 4, 2026 | Cultural Heritage News
At IS&T Archiving 2026 we had the pleasure of unveiling the DT Stellar RGBW to the heritage community. Combined with DT Nexus, this new light brings a set of new capabilities to a variety of transmissive materials, including a mode that increases resolution for...
by Patrick McDonough | Aug 4, 2026 | Cultural Heritage News, Events, Training
Archiving 2026, the IS&T conference that brings together imaging scientists, conservators, curators, and digitization program managers from across the cultural heritage world, landed in Boston this July — the first year the conference has been held at...
by Patrick McDonough | Aug 4, 2026 | DT Roundtable, Events
The 2026 Cultural Heritage Roundtable Is Expanding to Two Days We have some exciting news for anyone who’s already marked their calendar for this year’s Digital Transitions Cultural Heritage Roundtable: we’re expanding the event to two full days....
by Patrick McDonough | Jul 30, 2026 | Cultural Heritage News
Digitization technology is only as effective as the team operating it. Sustainable, standards-aligned digitization programs require structured hiring, training, documentation, and performance measurement. Institutions that invest in workforce development reduce error...
by Patrick McDonough | Jul 16, 2026 | Training
Digitization is often positioned as a preservation strategy — yet improper imaging workflows can introduce physical, thermal, or handling risks to fragile materials. Rare books, glass plate negatives, tightly bound manuscripts, oversized works, and brittle film...
by Patrick McDonough | Jul 9, 2026 | Training
Digitization programs often focus on resolution, color accuracy, and standards compliance. However, operator ergonomics and workflow design have a direct impact on throughput, consistency, and material safety. In high-volume environments, small ergonomic...
