5-day training event on creation, delivery and preservation of digital
resources
Digital Futures: from digitisation to delivery
First Announcement
26th 30th September 2005 in London, UK.
www.kcl.ac.uk/kdcs/digifutures.htm
King s College London and OCLC-PICA are pleased to announce that in
September 2005 the second Digital Futures training event will be held in
London.
Led by experts of international renown, Digital Futures will focus 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.
Digital Futures will include visits with the National Gallery and another
major cultural organisation (to be confirmed) to view their respective
digital activities.
Digital Futures will cover the following core areas:
[] Planning and management
[] Fund raising and sustainability
[] Copyright
[] Key technical concepts
[] Creating and delivering textual resources
[] Visual and image based resource creation and delivery
[] Metadata introduction and implementation
[] Implementing digital resources
[] Digital preservation
Digital Futures aims for no more than 30 delegates and every delegate will
have the opportunity to also spend one-on-one time with an Digital Futures
leader to discuss issues specific to them. Digital Futures will issue a
certificate of achievement to each delegate.
Digital Futures leaders are Simon Tanner, Marilyn Deegan and Tom Clareson:
[] Simon Tanner is Director of King s Digital Consultancy Services
[] Marilyn Deegan is Director of Research Development for the Centre for
Computing in the Humanities
[] Tom Clareson is Manager, Education & Planning, Digital Collection &
Preservation Services Division, OCLC Inc.
The Digital Futures leaders have over 40 years of experience in the digital
realm between them. Other experts are invited to speak in their areas of
expertise.
This is a pre-registration notice to introduce Digital Futures and invite
interest prior to the registration commencing 1st April 2005.
Cost: £750 (excluding VAT and accommodation)
Venue: King s College London
Dates: 26-30 September 2005
To register interest, find more information and to receive a registration
form, please contact Gillian McLeod at OCLC-PICA.
Email: g.mcl...@oclcpica.org Phone: 0121 456 7743
For information on the curriculum contact Simon Tanner at King s College
London.
Email: s.tan...@kcl.ac.uk Phone: 07793 403542
See www.kcl.ac.uk/kdcs/digifutures.htm for more information
Digital Futures is a joint venture between King s College London and
OCLC-PICA. It is run by King s Digital Consultancy Services and the Centre
for Computing in the Humanities, King s College London.
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Simon Tanner
Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services
King's College London
Kay House, 7 Arundel Street, London WC2R 3DX
tel: +44 (0)7793 403542
email: simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk
www.kcl.ac.uk/kdcs/
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