Please find below information about a conference on preservation and
digitization of library materials to be held in Cuba next March. The organizers
are keen to have participants from Spain.

Robert Howes

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Dr Robert Howes
Sub Librarian
University of Sussex Library E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Brighton BN1 9QL Tel. (+44) (0) 1273 678589
England Fax. (+44) (0) 1273 678441
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> From: Gayle Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:06:01 -0400
> Subject: Fw: Preservation and Digitization in Cuba (fwd)
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> Reply-To: Latin Americanist Librarians' Announcements List
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> From: Deborah Jakubs <[log in to unmask]>
> To: LALA LIST <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 17 July, 2000 8:22 PM
> Subject: Preservation and Digitization in Cuba (fwd)
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> >Deborah Jakubs, Ph. D.
> >Director, Collections Services Director, Global Resources Program
> >220 Perkins Library Association of Research Libraries
> >Box 90193 21 Dupont Circle, NW
> >Duke University Washington, DC 20036
> >Durham, NC 27708
> >
> >Phone: 919/660-5846 Phone: 202/296-2296
> >Fax: 919/660-5923 Fax: 202/872-0884
> >E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 09:03:17 -0500
> >From: James Simon <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Preservation and Digitization in Cuba
> >
> >Forwarded from NEDCC:
> >~~~~~
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I write to ask for your assistance. The Northeast Document Conservation
> >Center is planning to present a week-long School for Scanning conference at
> >the National Archives of Cuba on March 5-9, 2001. It will be an excellent
> >opportunity for professionals to learn about managing digital conversion
> >projects, with special consideration of preservation issues.
> >
> >We seek to publicize the program to librarians in the Caribbean, Central
> and
> >South America, and Spain. Do you know of any mailing list we could use or
> >listserves where we could publicize the conference? Any ideas you have
> >would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >I am attaching information about the conference. I look forward to hearing
> >from you and want to express our sincere thanks for your help.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Jamie Doyle
> >Development & Public Relations
> >Northeast Document Conservation Center
> >100 Brickstone Square
> >Andover, MA 01810-1494
> >tel: 978-470-1010
> >fax: 978-475-6021
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >School for Scanning: Cuba
> >Issues of Preservation and Access for Paper-Based Collections
> >Presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center
> >March 5-9, 2001
> >
> >The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) together with the
> >National Archives of Cuba, present an international conference titled:
> >School for Scanning: Cuba, Issues of Preservation and Access for
> Paper-Based
> >Collections, to be held in Havana, Cuba on March 5-9, 2001. The conference
> >is funded in part by The ACLS/SSRC Working Group on Cuba, The Christopher
> >Reynolds Foundation, The Bay Foundation, and the Getty Grant Program.
> >
> >What is the School for Scanning? This conference provides a rationale for
> >the use of digital technology by managers of paper-based collections in
> >cultural institutions. Specifically, it equips participants to discern the
> >applicability of digital technology in their given circumstances and
> >prepares them to make critical decisions regarding management of digital
> >projects. Although NEDCC has held similar conferences in the past, School
> >for Scanning: Cuba has been specially designed to address the challenges
> >facing Latin American preservation professionals.
> >
> >Technical issues will be addressed, however, this is not a technician
> >training program. Conference content will include:
> >
> >- Managing Digital Assets - What is Metadata?
> >- Content Selection for Digitization - Digital Preservation:
> Theory and
> >Reality
> >- Text and Image Scanning - Digital Products and
> Process
> >- Case Studies in Selection - Test-Driving the
> Technology
> >
> >Who Should Attend? Administrators within cultural institutions, as well as
> >librarians, archivists, curators, and other cultural or natural resource
> >managers dealing with paper-based collections, including photographs, will
> >find the School for Scanning conference highly relevant and worthwhile.
> >
> >The conference will be conducted in English with Spanish translation. All
> >participants will receive a certificate. For registration information
> >contact:
> >School for Scanning: Cuba
> >Archivo Nacional de Cuba
> >Compostela #906 esq. San Isidro
> >Habana Vieja 10100
> >C. Habana, CUBA
> >
> >Tel: 537 62 9470 o 537 63 6489; Fax: 537 33 8089
> >Email: <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
>

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