First off, thank you for hosting the Smithsonian x 3D conference. It was an absolute honor to attend! I left filled with inspiration and ideas for applications of digitization in my new position at a fledgling digital collections center at a institution of higher education. I've been following what you have been doing over the past few years with the greatest admiration! I can't express how happy it made me to see such a diverse group of attendees coming together to really consider the impact 3D digitization can have on collections management, conservation,research, and outreach. Well done!
So many questions!!
What does your support staff look like beyond the Director and you two Program Officers? What roles do the other people play?
Do you have staff and content platforms devoted to the curation and preservation of the files your acquisition processes and post processing yield?
Would you ever consider hosting staff from institutions with similar initiatives to tour your facilities for a day?
If I may go on, I have to also congratulate you on the unveiling of the new 3D viewer. It is unspeakably amazing to be able to manipulate so many in-depth views of the specimen models. Beyond that, the way that the viewer stands as a point of confluence for all different types of information to come together to tell a complete story is incredible. Such a powerful tool! I honestly lost it a bit over that!
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First off, thank you for hosting the Smithsonian x 3D conference. It was an absolute honor to attend! I left filled with inspiration and ideas for applications of digitization in my new position at a fledgling digital collections center at a institution of higher education. I've been following what you have been doing over the past few years with the greatest admiration! I can't express how happy it made me to see such a diverse group of attendees coming together to really consider the impact 3D digitization can have on collections management, conservation,research, and outreach. Well done!
So many questions!!
What does your support staff look like beyond the Director and you two Program Officers? What roles do the other people play?
Do you have staff and content platforms devoted to the curation and preservation of the files your acquisition processes and post processing yield?
Would you ever consider hosting staff from institutions with similar initiatives to tour your facilities for a day?
If I may go on, I have to also congratulate you on the unveiling of the new 3D viewer. It is unspeakably amazing to be able to manipulate so many in-depth views of the specimen models. Beyond that, the way that the viewer stands as a point of confluence for all different types of information to come together to tell a complete story is incredible. Such a powerful tool! I honestly lost it a bit over that!
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