It’s a kind of magic—early results from Analytical Imaging in Bodleian Libraries, seminar by David Howell, Centre for Digital Scholarship, Weston Library, University of Oxford, June 9, 1–1:50 pm

The fields of digital imaging and spectroscopic analysis are increasingly converging into a developing specialization of Analytical Imaging. Historically photography was employed to give the best possible image of an object to be seen with the naked eye. This is still important, but at the same time developing technologies can reveal a great deal of information that the eye cannot see.

In this seminar, David will show examples of the use of Reflectance Tomography Imaging and hyperspectral imaging, explain how the techniques work, and how and when they can be applied.

David Howell is a graduate in both Chemistry and English Mediæval Studies and has spent most of his working life trying to improve access to information ‘locked’ within heritage objects using scientific methodologies.