Education
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Digital Directions
Fundamentals of Creating
and Managing Digital Collections
The NEW School for Scanning
Description
June 10 – 12, 2008
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
Jacksonville, Florida
A conference presented by the
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Co-sponsored by SOLINET
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
Rethinking Our Approach to 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
When is the registration deadline? Friday, May 16, 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
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
225 East Coast Line Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32202
NEDCC gratefully acknowledges support for its field service activities by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this conference do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.