Presentation at the iDigBio Paleontology Imaging Workshop Austin, TX April 29, 2014 https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Paleo_Imaging_Workshop

1. School of Information @ Florida State University
http://ischool.cci.fsu.edu
3D Printing
for Scientific & Cultural
Heritage Collections
Richard J. Urban, Ph.D.
rurban@fsu.edu
http://chi.cci.fsu.edu
@musebrarian
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2. Background 1

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5. 4
http://dp.la
Happening now: #IMLSFocus
http://goo.gl/ap6M8E

6. 5

7. 3D Printing Expectations 6

8. 3D Projections – NMC Horizon Report
“One of the most significant
aspects of 3D printing for
education is that it enables
more authentic exploration
of objects that may
not be readily
available to
universities.”
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9. 3D Basics 8
• Plastic
• Powders
• Paper
• Ceramics
• Sugar

10. Consumer Level ($1200 – 3000) 9

11. Professional ($5000-20,000) 10

12. Library Makerspaces 11

13. Museums - Education 12

14. Museums - Education 13

15. Museums - Education 14

16. Archives - Education 15

17. “Making” as Citizen Science 16

18. Serious Leisure Scale of Involvement 17

19. 3D Printing Limitations 18

20. From 2D to 3D
 What lessons from the last 20 years of 2D repository
development are relevant for 3D?
 Need to build curriculum not just provide “resources.”
 Accommodating local contexts
 Need to build bridges across technology divides
 Need for user-centered research
 How will we integrate 3D into 2D repositories?
 Motivations for integration?
 Already building new 3D silos.
 Interface requirements, etc. (human-computer interaction)
 How do combined iDigBio collections fit into cross-
domain public resources, like the Digital Public Library of
America.
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21. 2D to 3D
 More than just a new file
format
 Representation models
 Making relationships
between views explicit
 Linking new 3D to
previous 2D
representations
 Linking imaging
resources to publications
 Different models for
different audiences
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22. Credits
 “DIG photographer Stephanie Mitchell at the digital camera workstation. An array of the technical
targets we used to characterize our systems are evident in the foreground.” RLG DigiNews 4(6)
http://goo.gl/4xHntE
 Met Museum 3D Hackathon
http://goo.gl/n3YYvq
 Pieta Reproduction by Rober Pahre
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpahre/7196999710/in/photostream/
 International Open Data Day Hackathon at Edmonton Public Library Makerspace
https://flic.kr/p/kmYQnF
 NY MakerFaire – Capturing Dinosaurs
http://makerfaire.com/makers/capturing-dinosaurs/
 Art Mashup with Meshmaker
http://goo.gl/Z3G3QQ
 Smithsonian X3D – Lincoln Life Mask
http://3d.si.edu/article/educators
 Indiana Architecture X 3D – Wysor Grand Opera House. Courtesy Carol Street and Ball State University
http://goo.gl/CdlLLS
 Serious Leisure Perspective
http://www.seriousleisure.net/slp-diagrams.html
 Scotty
http://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/diy-turbo-discussion-14/68853d1362113010-1-6l-2560r-record-
attempt-scotty-jpg
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