Rochester Institute of Technology

Creating Multispectral Imaging Communities of Practice to Expand Access and Discoverability [the Museum Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science Propose to Develop and Sustain Education and Training Opportunities for Library, Archive, and Museum Professionals, Humanities Scholars, and Others Through the Creation of ?communities of Practice? Around Multispectral Imaging to Foster Opportunities for Discoverability, Expanded Access, and Preventative Collections Care. This Project Builds Upon Our Previous Tier 2 R&D Grant That Yielded the Creation of an Accessible, User-friendly Multispectral Imaging System and Software. the Program Will Utilize Three Modalities (online; Onsite at Rit; and Offsite Through a Loan Program) and Will Give Participants Opportunities to Apply the Technology to Their Own Collections. by Centering on Participants From Four Professional Constituencies in the Us, the Project Aims to Develop Multispectral Imaging Literacy Among Those Who May Not Have Access to Such Resources.]