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Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

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2.2 From dust to digits: capturing cultural heritage materials in digital forms

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Figure 2 A digital camera mounted on a digitisation cradle to capture a paper document.

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This is a photograph of a document being copied.

Figure 2 A digital camera mounted on a digitisation cradle to capture a paper document.

This section will discuss the main techniques to digitise different types of objects and documents and reflect on the relationship between original and digital.

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2.2 From dust to digits: capturing cultural heritage materials in digital forms