We have 2 places remaining on the Digital Futures Academy run by Simon Tanner and Tom Clareson.
The full programme and rates are available here: http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/digifutures/london.html Guest speakers include: Prof. Tim Hitchcock, University of Hertfordshire William Kilbride, Digital Preservation Coalition Alistair Dunning, The European Library We will visit behind the scenes at The National Gallery and The British Library. If you wish to come then please email me. We have 23 delegates so far this year from Europe, Africa and the Middle East, representing libraries, museums, archives, plus corporate and national repositories. Delegates range from senior management, curatorial and content specialists to technical implementation staff. All my best, Simon Digital Futures Academy The British Library, London March 19-23, 2012 http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/digifutures/london.html King's College London is pleased to announce the Digital Futures Academy 5-day training event. We are thrilled that this year it will be hosted at The British Library. Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery. Delegates will also receive 2 half day visits with expert talks and behind the scenes tours of The National Gallery and The British Library. As the Academy enters its 9th year we invite you to join our experts of international renown in London, UK. Delegates from over 40 countries have experienced the benefits of the Digital Futures Academy. This is what they have said: "Excellent - I would recommend DF to anyone anticipating a digitization program" "I was very pleased. The team was exceptionally knowledgeable, friendly and personable." "Thanks, it has been an invaluable experience." "A really useful course and great fun too!" Digital Futures is led by Simon Tanner, Director of Digital Consultancy at King's College London and Tom Clareson, Lyrasis. They have over 20 years experience each and worked on over 500 digital projects across the world in delivering digital content or preserving culture. They will be supported by Alistair Dunning of The European Library and William Kilbride of the Digital Preservation Coalition. Other experts at the National Gallery and The British Library will give talks during the tours. Digital Futures covers the following core areas: Planning and management Fund raising Understanding the audience Social media and its impact Metadata - introduction and implementation Copyright and intellectual property Sustainability, value and impact Financial issues Implementing digital resources Digital preservation A certificate of attainment is offered to all Digital Futures Academy delegates on completion of the course. If you are interested, please email me as soon as possible, spaces are limited. Best regards, Simon ____________________________________________ Simon Tanner Director of Digital Consultancy (KDCS) Department of Digital Humanities King's College London 26-29 Drury Lane London WC2B 5RL Email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk Web: www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh/<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh/> and www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk<http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/> Twitter: @SimonTanner<http://twitter.com/#!/SimonTanner> Phone: +44(0)7887-691716 (direct) +44(0)20-7848-2861 (Dept Office) Co-Director of MA in Digital Asset Management<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/cch/pg/madam/> DDH research and teaching: my personal page<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/core/tanner/index.aspx>
