{"id":47497,"date":"2025-12-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=47497"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:53:10","slug":"learning-3d-imaging-in-the-preservation-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2025\/12\/learning-3d-imaging-in-the-preservation-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning 3D imaging in the Preservation Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On a cold, snowy Friday at the end of the semester,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/thepreservationlab.html\">The Preservation Lab<\/a> hosted a 3D imaging workshop where two professors from UC&#8217;s College of Design, Architecture, Art &amp; Planning (DAAP) taught 3D imaging techniques to a small group of imaging colleagues from Ohio and Michigan labs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1183\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_111808-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"jordan tate demonstrating 3d imaging\" class=\"wp-image-47498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_111808-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_111808-250x116.jpg 250w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_111808-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_111808-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_111808-2048x946.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_111808-500x231.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The instructors, Jordan Tate and John-David Richardson, both teach photography in DAAP. Previously, Jordan cross-collaborated with Jessica Ebert from the Preservation Lab on imaging the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepreservationlab.org\/2023\/01\/challenge-of-a-millennia-how-to-store-an-oversized-clay-tablet\">Assyrian Cornerstone<\/a>, found in the collection of the Archives and Rare Books Library. Jordan demonstrated 3D imaging techniques and Jessica demonstrated how to do <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepreservationlab.org\/tag\/reflectance-transformation-imaging\">Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants in the Friday, Dec.12th workshop were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jessica Ebert \u2013 UC Libraries, Preservation Lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catarina Figueirinhas \u2013 UC Libraries, Preservation Lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erin Wilson \u2013 Ohio University Libraries, Preservation &amp; Digital Initiatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matt Carissimi \u2013 The Ohio State University Libraries, Digitization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sidney Gao \u2013 UC Libraries, Digital Initiatives Team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biz Gallo \u2013 Library of Michigan, Digitization Initiatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dustin Wood &#8211; New South Associates\/Veterans Affairs History Office (Dayton), Digital Archives &amp; Museum Imaging Specialist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:46% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1183\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_112109-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Yoruba, Luba or Luluwa\/Lulua Statue (circa 1800\u20141900) \" class=\"wp-image-47499 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_112109-scaled.jpg 1183w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_112109-65x141.jpg 65w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_112109-768x1662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_112109-710x1536.jpg 710w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_112109-946x2048.jpg 946w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212_112109-139x300.jpg 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1183px) 100vw, 1183px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The object photographed came from the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Yoruba, Luba or Luluwa\/Lulua Statue (circa 1800\u20141900) <\/em>was presented by &#8220;the Interns &amp; Residents Wives Club, 1974\u201d to the University of Cincinnati Hospital. The statue\u2019s distinct shapes and facial features match most closely to the sculpture style of the Yoruba, Luba or Luluwa\/Lulua. The figure appears to be working with a mortar and pestle, and was made for sale, rather than ceremonial or cultural use.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Preservation Lab provides the full suite of preservation services to the University of Cincinnati Libraries. The Lab&#8217;s expertise is in book and paper conservation, with services available in general circulating materials repair, single-item conservation treatment, housing, exhibition prep and preservation consulting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of 3D imaging in preservation is crucial as it creates an accurate visual record of an object before and after treatment. It allows conservators to examine often fragile objects in close detail without touching, and possibly damaging, the structure. In addition, 3D imaging provides a visual record for students and researchers to view and study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a cold, snowy Friday at the end of the semester,The Preservation Lab hosted a 3D imaging workshop where two professors from UC&#8217;s College of Design, Architecture, Art &amp; Planning (DAAP) taught 3D imaging techniques to a small group of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2025\/12\/learning-3d-imaging-in-the-preservation-lab\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2236,600,31,13,282],"tags":[2719,2364,2369,2370,1089,36],"class_list":["post-47497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-preservation-lab","category-special-collections-2","category-uc","category-uclibraries","category-winkler-center","tag-3d-imaging","tag-collaboration","tag-enrich-our-collections","tag-expand-our-impact","tag-preservation-lab","tag-uc-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47511,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47497\/revisions\/47511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}