Transforming the Field of Architectural History through Collaboration: SAHARA
Ann Whiteside
Wednesday, May 5, 5 - 7 pm, Room 2-135
The Society of Architectural Historians is a scholarly society engaged in new digital publishing ventures. The Society's archive of visual content (SAHARA ) launched one year ago. The goals of SAHARA are to change scholarly modes of analyzing architecture; to develop new online publication types that will help to make digital publishing equal to print publishing; and to create new kinds of editorial roles. Ann will discuss the development of SAHARA and the changes this digital publishing venture are aiming to make.
About the speaker:
Ann Whiteside is an architecture and visual images librarian, with a focus on descriptive metadata and digital library collection building and the use of technology to support teaching and research . Her experience includes the development of metadata element sets and guidelines, planning for production and delivery of digital content, and oversight and management of digital image collections and other digital content. Ann is co-editor of "Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Works and their Images" (CCO, a data content standard. She is also a consultant for digital image projects, and is an advisory committee member for projects related to digital imaging and image management. Ann is currently Project Director for SAHARA, a grant funded project of the Society of Architectural Historians. For more information: http://hyperstudio.mit.edu 617-253-4312
