Launch Event: Salary guidelines for CH imaging professionals

Friday 15th July 2022 - 12pm-13.15pm

Over the last 12 months the AHFAP committee have been researching and developing salary guidelines which we are now happy to share with our members. This launch event is free for AHFAP members (please follow the link in your June Newsletter). Non-members can buy a ticket for £15 per person below. 

The event includes an explainer of the salary guidelines by Kira Zumkley, AHFAP chair followed by two guest presentations. 

Charlie Donoghue, Talent Acquisition Manager at the Royal Household will present on institutional and external influences on salaries and recruitment as well as what managers can do to address salaries that do not match the Ahfap salary guidelines. 

Louise McAward-White from Fair Museum Jobs will talk about how salary guidelines fit into the wider tools for advocacy and what actions applicants and employees can take to tackle salary issues across the sector. After the presentations there will be time for questions and discussions.

 Imaging standards or guidelines such as ISO19264:1 and the Metamorfoze Preservation Imaging Guidelines can be a contentious subject within the cultural heritage imaging field. Advocates argue imaging standards set a benchmark for objectively assessing and expressing image quality, whereas critics dismiss them as overly complex and jargon‐heavy. This panel discussion will ask questions about the practical implementation of imaging standards. 

 This panel discussion will ask questions about the practical implementation of imaging standards. Discussion themes include:
Introducing imaging standards

• What are the barriers, and how can we overcome them?
• Do we need to increase uptake, and how could we do that?

Implementing imaging standards

• How long does it take, and what is the cost?
• Is it worthwhile for every studio?
• What can manufacturers do to support implementation?

The future of imaging standards

• Where are we now?
• Is there a shared sense of next steps?

The event starts with lightning talks with each panellist sharing their experience of imaging standards. This will be followed by the panel discussion and questions from attendees.
Chaired By:Andrew Bruce (Photographer. National Gallery, London)
Panelists:Kristin A Phelps (Digitisation Manager, US Copyright Office, Library of Congress), John Barrett (Photographer, Bodleian Library), Scott Geffert (General Manager, Imaging Dept, The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Don Williams (Director, Image Science Associates), Martina Hoffmann (Martina Hoffmann Consulting, Bern), Tom Rieger (Manager, Digitization Services Section, Library of Congress), Michael Horsley (Technical Specialist, US National Archives and Records Administration), Tony Harris (Digital Media and Photography Manager, Government Art Collection) and Carola van Wijk (Photographer, Rijksmuseum).