Wider Lens: A Digital Transitions Podcast
Wider Lens is a live podcast focused on cultural heritage digitization, hosted by Patrick McDonough of Digital Transitions. Each episode features a one-on-one conversation with a practitioner from museums, libraries, archives, or related institutions worldwide. Topics include real-world digitization projects, preservation imaging standards, quality assurance, and technical decision-making. The discussions also cover lessons learned from complex programs, the human side of digitization, and where the field is heading next. Episodes are recorded live with audience Q&A.
Episodes
EPISODE 5: Martina Hoffmann, Swiss National Library
In this episode of Wider Lens, the first podcast dedicated to cultural heritage digitization, Digital Transitions sits down with Martina Hoffmann, Head of Digitization Services at the Swiss National Library, for a wide-ranging conversation recorded live in front of an international audience. Martina took an unconventional path into the field, arriving not through fine arts or photography but throu
EPISODE 3: Michelle Gollehon, Utah Historical Society
EPISODE 3: Michelle Gollehon, Utah Historical Society AI Meets the Archive: How Utah Historical Society Is Using Google Gemini to Unlock 118,000 Card Catalog RecordsWhat happens when a digitization project is too big for any human team to tackle and AI becomes the only practical path forward?In this episode of Wider Lens, we sit down with Michelle Gollehon, Digital Asset Specialist at the Utah His
EPISODE 2: "INSIDE DT" EDITION, Ben Cort Talks Technical Problem Solving in Cultural Heritage Digitization
EPISODE 2: "INSIDE DT" EDITION, Ben Cort Talks Technical Problem Solving in Cultural Heritage DigitizationWhat does it actually take to solve the toughest digitization challenges — in the field, under pressure, and with no room for error?In this special Inside DT edition of Wider Lens, we sit down with Ben Cort, Digital Transitions’ Cultural Heritage Technical Support Specialist, for a f
EPISODE 1: Cliff Harrison, Purdue University Libraries & School of Information Studies
Episode 1: Cliff Harrison, Purdue University LibraryWhat does it really take to digitize the world’s cultural heritage — at scale, at speed, and at preservation grade?For the inaugural episode of Wider Lens, we’re honored to welcome Cliff Harrison, Senior Manager of Digital Programs at the Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, for a wide-ranging conversation about advancin
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