William Noel, an internationally renowned expert in the application of digital technologies to manuscript studies, holds a discussion of the reasons why a “free and easy” approach is best for digitization of cultural materials. Dr. Noel is the director of the Special Collections Center, and Founding Director of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His presentation, ”Free and Easy: The Appearance of Truly Useful Cultural Heritage Data”, covers the restoration and digitization of the Archimedes Palimpsest, a project that he led while at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.