Cultural Heritage: A Lifetime of Preserving History
Tom Rieger ’74 (photography) and Don Williams ’82 (imaging science), as core members of the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI), are at the forefront of establishing consistency and quality in library and museum materials reproduced through scans or photographs.
FADGI is a consortium of imaging, video and audio specialists from federal agencies dedicated to developing sustainable guidelines for digitized historical, archival and cultural content. Hosted by the Library of Congress, FADGI provides publicly accessible, uniform methods to drive the digitization efforts of federal agencies, libraries, archives, museums and institutions not only in the U.S., but worldwide.
Rieger is the manager of the Digitization Services Section at the Library of Congress and heads FADGI’s Still Image Group. Williams is an expert image scientist who invented the software and targets used to assess FADGI standards. They will be on the RIT campus for a pair of public talks:
- 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, in Carlson Auditorium — with Tom Rieger; presented by the College of Science Seminar
- 6 p.m. Thursday, April 20, in Xerox Auditorium — "Cultural Heritage: A Lifetime of Preserving History" with Tom Rieger and Don Williams
Read more about Rieger and Williams' critical work with FADGI.
Photo of Tom Rieger by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress
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