Our Next Meeting:May 11, 2024 |
Presentation: Beth Ann Wiseman
Metadata Magic: Preserving the Writing on the Back of the Photo (metadata) in Digital Photos |
The regular monthly meetings of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group are held on the second Saturday of each month, except December, from 10 AM to noon. The meetings are free and open to the public. They are held at the Red Brick LDS Chapel, 4050 North 650 East (Timpview Drive), Provo, Utah, usually in the Cultural Hall. If you would like to receive email notification of classes planned for the next meeting, go to our blog page for instructions on how to subscribe. The Group is experimenting with live streaming of the main presentations through Facebook. To watch it online live click on UVTAGG Facebook website link in the box above and view the meeting remotely.
Beth Ann Wiseman
Title: Metadata Magic: Preserving the Writing on the Back of the Photo (metadata) in Digital Photos
Description:
Embedding the writing on the back of the photo so that it travels with the photo as embedded metadata creates magic in finding and sharing your photos and their stories. Once you know why, you will want to know how. This first class discusses why you would want to go to the effort of embedding the writing on the back of the photo into your digital photos. And what do FamilySearch and others do with metadata in a photo?
Bio:
Beth Ann Wiseman’s passion is preserving family photos, both personally and professionally. As a teenager in the 1970s, she received xeroxed copies of copies of family stories whose blubs and blurs were barely readable. She was not able to source photos and stories pondered how she could preserve her rich family heritage for her children and grandchildren. She has a B. A. in History and a Masters degree in Computer Science, initially working as a software developer, which included the scanning of digital images – the perfect solution for preserving and sharing family stories. At that time it was difficult to share scanned images. The rest of the story needed to go along with the images. I tried file system strategies, static html files on a CD, and even creating a database on CD. Nothing seemed to work really well.
Beth Ann was one of the original members of the engineering team at FamilySearch that implemented Memories and still works on that team – her dream job. Memories addresses many of the sticking points for sharing family photos and stories. She is also involved with an organization created by Gordon Clarke at FamilySearch to standardize how the family history industry uses metadata properties and has been testing and validating the standards proposed by the Family History Metadata Working Group (FHMWG).
The following class is scheduled after the main presentation (Start Time 11:10).
Class Presenter: Beth Ann Wiseman
Title: Metadata Magic: How do I embed metadata in my digital photos?
Description:
OK, I’m convinced. I really want the magic of metadata in my digital photos. How can I do that? What tools can I use?
Please note: Additional classes will be taught at the meeting location when meeting attendance justifies it.
The meetings are always open to the public and generally open with announcements that include what is happening in technology that effects family history work. A featured guest speaker will then make a one hour presentation on a topic of general interest relating to some aspect of technology and genealogy. Following the main presentation 3 or 4 classes are taught relating to technology and genealogy. These are at all levels from beginning to advanced and typically include classes about various genealogy programs and instruction for using the Internet for Family History work. The classes vary from month to month. There is a list of teachers and their specialties on the Teachers page. A few of the teachers have provided class outlines or summaries for some of their classes. For information about the meetings or about the Group, email us at uvtagginfo@gmail.com or call or text Gerhard Ruf at 801-602-5048.