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ALA@ODU June Formal Meeting: Guest Speakers on Cultural Heritage Digitization

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Wed, Jun 24, 2026

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Join ALA@ODU on Wednesday, June 24th, for a virtual chat about cultural heritage digitization with guest speakers Lindsay King and Rebeccah Swerdlow, digital imaging specialists based in Washington, DC. After their presentations, there will be time for questions and some casual conversation. Please RSVP to get the Zoom link!


About Our Guests...

 

Lindsay King

Lindsay King is current a digital imaging specialist at Digital Transitions on a contract with the Archives of American Art. She has worked on specialized projects with a number of notable institutions, including National Geographic, the HistoryMakers, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and Columbia University.

Check out this post by Doug Peterson, Head of Research and Design at Digital Transitions, about the autochrome collection that Lindsay King worked on.
 

Rebeccah Swerdlow

Rebeccah Swerdlow (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccahswerdlow/) is currently the Manager of Collections Imaging at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. She has over 5 years of experience in digital imaging, including  innovative workflows for digitizing Torah scrolls, and many more years in archival work in general. She holds a Master of Arts from the University of Delaware in Art History, Criticism and Conservation. 

Check out this article Rebeccah Swerdlow wrote about her work at the Museum of the Bible.

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Rebeccah Swerdlow

Manager of Collections Imaging

Museum of the Bible

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccahswerdlow/

Rebeccah Swerdlow is currently the Manager of Collections Imaging at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. She has over 5 years of experience in digital imaging, including innovative workflows for digitizing Torah scrolls, and many more years in archival work in general. She holds a Master of Arts from the University of Delaware in Art History, Criticism and Conservation. 



Check out this article Rebeccah Swerdlow wrote about her work at the Museum of the Bible: https://www.museumofthebible.org/magazine/featured/presti-digitization-motb-digital-imaging-lab

 

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Lindsay King

Digital Imaging Specialist

Digital Transitions

Lindsay King is currently a digital imaging specialist at Digital Transitions on a contract with the Archives of American Art. She has worked on specialized projects with a number of notable institutions, including National Geographic, the HistoryMakers, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and Columbia University.



Check out this post by Doug Peterson, Head of Research and Design at Digital Transitions, about the autochrome collection that Lindsay King worked on: https://heritage-digitaltransitions.com/preserving-the-national-geographic-societys-autochrome-collection/

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