Case Study – IIPImage

Image Comparison of Ancient Mummy Portraits: The Appear Project

Ruven — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 21:43:46 +0000

Guest Post by Marie Svoboda, J. Paul Getty Museum Mummy Portrait of a Young WomanTempera on wood, about A.D. 170–200 In 2013, the Antiquities Conservation Department at the J. Paul Getty Museum launched a collaborative study inviting major museums around the world to participate in the study and characterization of the manufacturing practices and material [...]

IIPImage Case Study: National Gallery of Art, Washington

Ruven — Wed, 28 May 2014 16:00:12 +0000

The National Gallery of Art (NGA) has been using IIPImage since the 2010 online release of The History of the Accademia di San Luca research project. The zoom feature of this website uses a slightly [...]

The Cranach Digital Archive

Ruven — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:07:39 +0000

The Cranach Digital Archive (cda) is an interdisciplinary collaborative research resource, providing access to art historical, technical and conservation information on paintings by Lucas Cranach (c.1472-1553). [...]

Open Access with IIPImage at Ghent University Library

Ruven — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:20:17 +0000

Ghent University Library (Belgium) – better known as the “Book Tower” – started digitizing its collections back in 2004. It has a wide variety of material, ranging from books, manuscripts, papyri, posters, coins to drawings and old maps [...]

Virtual Nanoscopy: Ultra-high resolution electron microscopy with IIPImage

Ruven — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:48:24 +0000

Guest Post by Frank Faas & Raimond Ravelli, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center The Leiden University Medical Centre in The Netherlands conducts a wide range of scientific research ranging from pure fundamental medical research to applied clinical research. Recently, our group in the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, published a paper [...]

One Billion Stars and IIPImage

Ruven — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:49:12 +0000

Guest Post by Mike Read, Wide-field Astronomy Unit, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh The Wide-Field Astronomy Unit (WFAU), Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh specializes in building and maintaining science archives from astronomical surveys. The bulk of the data we currently process come from two infrared telescopes: VISTA in the southern hemisphere and UKIRT [...]

From scan to delivery: Special Collections and IIPImage at Utrecht University Library

Ruven — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:52:05 +0000

Guest Post by Edu Hackenitz, University Library Utrecht The Utrecht University Library Special Collections contain many extensive collections of manuscripts, pre-1901 printed works, more recent rare and valuable printed works, maps and nautical charts. The library takes care of the acquisition, conservation, scanning, cataloging and availability of this material. Yes, as hard labouring men we [...]