But does this collaboration extend to the teaching environment to benefit learners and teachers alike?

How can the enthusiasm and inspiration used to build these tools and resources benefit the pursuit of education and learning?

What emerging technologies might lead to a focused, efficient, interdisciplinary approach to make a difference to the broadest spectrum of researchers and students?

Ubiquitous in the digital age, images have become an essential tool in research and pedagogical environments. We’ve come a long way from the carousel of slides in a projector, and technological change continues to accelerate year on year.

But images are only one part of the picture. Hidden in the shadow of high quality images, there is invaluable work in the creation, management and use of data about objects, facilitating new means of discovery and opening the door to new methods of analysis.