Worth 1000 Words: Research Image Workflows
Have you come home from an archive with hundreds of snapshots on your phone, and weren't sure what to do with them next? Have you wanted to include someone else's image to illustrate a paper, but realized you couldn't remember where you downloaded it from or if you had the rights to reuse it?
If your research relies on images --- whether they're part of what you're studying or what you're using to help communicate in your work --- this workshop is for you. Learn how to manage images throughout the research lifecycle, from image production or acquisition, through their storage and organization, to publication. In addition to outlining research image best practices and highlighting available Libraries resources, we will provide a brief introduction to Tropy, which combines many of these workflows into a single desktop tool.
Topics introduced include:
- image metadata
- copyright, fair use, and permissions
- ethics of image editing
- preparing archival-ready files
- best practices for organizing collections
- describing images (captions and alt text)
- Date:
- Friday, February 6, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Sorrells Library, Den
- Campus:
- Sorrells Library
- Audience:
- Faculty Staff Students
- Categories:
- Communication & Presentation CC Digital Humanities Writing and Publishing
In-Person Workshop Information:
For those who would like to follow along with our Tropy demo, please make sure your laptop’s operating system is up to date (see installation requirements). Mouse recommended for navigating the graphic interface.
Directions for getting to the Den of Sorrells Library:
Sorrells Library is on the 4th Floor of Wean Hall, shown on the map here. If you enter in the front of Wean Hall, take the elevator down one floor. When you exit the elevator, the library will be on your left. The Den is in the back of the library.
Automated notetaking tools and recordings not initiated by the instructor are generally not permitted in workshops. However, participants may request permission to use approved tools, such as Zoom AI Companion, for accommodation purposes. To ensure appropriate arrangements, please submit these requests to instructors at least 24 hours prior to the workshop.
Workshops and events for Carnegie Mellon University Libraries are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, ancestry, belief, veteran status or genetic information. All participants are required to follow the Code of Conduct.
If you require accessibility accommodations, please contact the event organizer.
