Visual Literacy: Interpreting and Evaluating Images (Maps, Charts, Diagrams, Photographs) for Research and Publishing

Session Description

This 90-minute session covers a wide range of issues pertaining to using images (charts, maps, photographs, statistics) beyond teaching and study. The session will introduce required image and file specifications, ethical considerations in research, current publishing requirements in the humanities versus sciences concerning images, lab images and the copyright complexities when using your own images from onsite research, excavations, museums and other public or private locations.