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Registration Opens in Mid-March
Digital Directions:
Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections
The NEW School for Scanning
A conference presented by the
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Co-sponsored by SOLINET
June 10–12, 2008
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
Jacksonville, FL
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Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections is an updated version of NEDCC’s popular School for Scanning, which was first presented in 1995. This popular conference has kept up with evolving standards and practices over the years, and the new name reflects its expanded content, which now encompasses the full life-cycle of digital objects, from planning to creation to sustainability.
Conference topics will include:
Collaboration
Planning a Digital Project
Selection for Digitization
Scanning Basics
Image Capture
Metadata
Outsourcing and Vendor Relations
Digitizing Text
Digitizing Audio and Video
Digitizing Film
Essentials of Delivery Systems
Copyright and Rights Management
Standards and Best Practices
Digital Disaster Planning
Funding for Digitization
Who should attend? Administrators and staff from libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and other collections-holding institutions nationwide, as well as corporate archivists and government records managers – anyone eager to learn about digitization basics, selection of hardware and software, and planning and managing digital projects. This conference is geared toward participants with a beginning level of digital knowledge.
What does the conference cost? $625
REGISTRATION opens in mid-March 2008.
Break-Out Sessions
Concurrent break-out sessions on Day 1 and Day 2 provide an opportunity to explore the nuts and bolts of digitization with leading experts in the field.
Vendor Showcase
Meet the leading providers of digitization hardware, software, and services to libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions. A great opportunity to ask questions and gather information about a wide range of digital services, new releases, and products currently under development.
Vendor Spotlight Sessions
Several vendors will demo their products in small classroom settings.
Conference Venue
The Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront is located in the heart of the downtown business, entertainment, and sports district, adjacent to the Jacksonville Landing and the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, and within minutes of Jacksonville beaches and shopping. Located in Northern Florida on the St. Johns River, an American Heritage River, Jacksonville’s temperate climate offers year-round sunshine and blue skies.
A discounted hotel rate of $145 will be available for conference participants. Be sure to say you are part of NEDCC’s Digital Directions group.
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
225 East Coast Line Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32202
If you would like to receive a conference brochure, or if you are a vendor interested in exhibiting at Digital Directions, contact Julie Martin Carlson,
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