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Born to Be 3D

 

Born to Be 3D: Digital Stewardship of Intrinsic 3D Data*

November 2, 2018

The Library of Congress

Hashtag: #B2B3D

Born-digital 3D models are an emerging content and technology area, and digital preservation approaches and stewardship requirements are not yet mainstream. Such materials constitute important cultural documentation, facilitate scientific research, and are important digital assets that are becoming part of cultural heritage collections. The Library of Congress is working to develop informed digital collection management guidelines for incoming material through projects such as the Recommended Format Statement and the Sustainability of Digital Formats website. With this event the Library of Congress can act as a community hub to explore, promote awareness, and plan for the long-term stewardship of born-digital 3D data for the research and cultural heritage communities.

Many projects working with such materials are underway within the larger data curation community, including recent grant-funded projects and research efforts. This forum will focus on shared needs of 3D data and data management for geospatial and built environment information, and the use of this data in fields such as archaeology, digital humanities, and affiliated communities. Future forums may address related topics such as 3D scanning and printing of objects, photogrammetry, virtual reality, and more.

The forum will be organized around short, lightning-talk presentations, facilitated discussions, and information sharing to foster work in this emerging community of practice.

While participation in the forum is by invitation only, blog posts, social media and shared open community notes (see link below) and other means will help inform the community about the activities and discussions. In addition, all speaker presentations are posted.

Shared open community notes: https://goo.gl/dCUgQY

Program Schedule

8:30-9:00	Arrival and Registration
9:00-9:05	Welcome Jesse Johnston and Kate Murray, B2B3D Program Coordinators, Library of Congress
9:05-9:15	Opening Remarks Steve Morris, Chief, Digital Collection Management and Services Division, Library of Congress Jacob Nadal, Director for Preservation, Library of Congress
9:15-10:30	Featured Speakers Community Standards for 3D Data Preservation (CS3DP), Jennifer Moore, Washington University in St. Louis, and Adam Rountrey, University of Michigan Developing Library Strategy for 3D and Virtual Reality Collection Development and Reuse (LIB3DVR) Project, Nathan Hall, Virginia Tech Fulfilling the Mandate of Information Durability and Access, Nicholas Polys, Director of Visual Computing for Virginia Tech Advanced Research Computing
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-12:30	Short Talks Keeping 3D Data Alive: From MayaArch3D to MayaCityBuilder, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (CDRH), University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lessons in 3D data management learned from the NIH 3D Print Exchange, Darrell Hurt and Meghan McCarthy, Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch and 3D Print Exchange, National Institutes of Health Smithsonian Open Source 3D Pipeline, Jon Blundell and Vince Rossi, Digitization Program Office, Smithsonian Institution Book History Meets 3D: The 3Dhotbed Project, Marcia McIntosh, Digital Libraries Division of UNT Libraries, University of North Texas Using 3D and VR for Research and Teaching: Preservation Challenges, Zack Lischer-Katz, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oklahoma Libraries 3D Elevation Program - Lidar, Products, Access and Challenges, Rob Dollison, National Geospatial Program, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Generating 3D Data in the Art History Classroom, Veronica Ikeshoji-Orlati, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art
12:30-1:30	Lunch on your own in 6th Floor Madison Cafe
1:30-2:30	Guided Discussion Kick Off Questions: How can we help to drive momentum in our communities around 3D and support/encourage development in these and related “digital-forward” organizations? What are some of the gaps that haven’t been addressed? What would future work need to build on? What tools/infrastructure would be needed to support “software-enabled” content analysis, research, exploration, learning, and more? We will use the new Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress as a framing mechanism for the discussion.
2:30-3:00	Reflections and Wrap Up led by Will Rourk, Cultural Heritage Informatics, University of Virginia
3:30-5:00	Optional no host coffee / drinks @ Hawk 'n' Dove, 329 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003

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*Rotated polygon image in logo by Ismael Gutierrez Garcia from LaTex Forum. CC BY 2.5 license.