THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER PRESENTS: DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections
Co-sponsored by Balboa Art Conservation Center - www.bacc.org MAY 27-29, 2009 Westin San Diego San Diego, California THIS POPULAR THREE-DAY CONFERENCE PRESENTS THE ESSENTIALS OF DIGITIZATION for those who wish to expand their digital knowledge. From file formats to funding, from metadata to rights management, learn how to create and manage sustainable digital collections. 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. TOPICS INCLUDE collaboration, planning a digital project, selection for digitization, scanning basics, image capture, metadata, sustainability and digital preservation, outsourcing and vendor relations, essentials of delivery systems, copyright and rights management, and funding strategies. ONLINE REGISTRATION OPENS in January 2009. FOR MORE INFORMATION, read a web story about the 2008 Digital Directions conference: http://www.nedcc.org/about/archives.ddfl.php, and a recent article by a 2008 conference participant: http://www.umkc.edu/KCAA/DUSTYSHELF/DS27-3.pdf (see page 8). FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NEDCC, visit www.nedcc.org TO RECEIVE AN E-MAIL OR PAPER CONFERENCE BROCHURE as well as immediate notification when registration opens, contact: Julie Martin, jmartin at nedcc.org. Please specify paper or e-delivery preference. NEDCC IS GRATEFUL FOR SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES for its field services. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.