Dear all
There have been a number of requests for the final programme for the
IT Forum on digitisation - which now includes an additional speaker -
concerning the SCAN wills project. There are a few places left if anybody
has missed the previous messages about the event.
This information is also available on the Society's website at
http://www.archives.org.uk/
IT FORUM: Digitisation
Society of Archivists: Information Technology Panel
Senate Room, Senate House, Liverpool University
16th February 2000
Morning Session: Policy overview
Chair, Philip Winterbottom, Chair, IT Panel
11.00-11.25 -- Registration and Coffee
11.25-11.30 -- Welcome
11.30-12.30
Joanne Lomax Smith, Digitisation Consultant, Higher Education
Digitisation Service (HEDS), University of Hertfordshire:
Planning for a successful project
12.30-1.00 -- Questions and discussion
13.00-14.00 -- BUFFET LUNCH
Afternoon Session: Case Studies
Chair, Brenda Weeden, IT Panel
The afternoon session will consist of short presentations relating to
recently completed or ongoing projects, followed by discussion.
14.00-14.20
Patricia Whatley, University of Dundee: Drawn Evidence: digitisation of
architectural drawings
14.20-14.40
Hazel Anderson, National Archives of Scotland:
Scottish Archival Network (SCAN): digitising the Scottish wills.
14.40-15.00
Mike Evans, English Heritage: digitisation of photographs
15.00-15.20 -- TEA
15.20-15.40
Heather Needham, Suffolk Record Office: investigation into the
digitisation of glass plate negatives.
15.40-16.00
Philip Winterbottom, Royal Bank of Scotland: digitisation for education.
16.00-16.20 -- Final discussion
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Simon Wilson
Project Archivist, The Waterways Trust,
The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 4FW
Tel: 0151 356 4247
Email: [log in to unmask]
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