> OCLC has announced the formation of the Digital and Preservation Resources
> Division to expand current capabilities and provide integrated solutions
> for creating, accessing and preserving digital collections. Services
> include: digitising collections from paper or microfilm; adding metadata
> and full-text search capabilities to digitised collections to improve
> searchability; adding bibliographic records for digitised collections to
> WorldCat to increase access; safe and secure storage and archiving for
> microfilmed or digitised collections; and opportunities to collaborate on
> digital collection development and grant funding.
>
> If you are attending the Online Information conference in London December
> 4-6, 2001, you will have several opportunities to learn how OCLC Digital
> and Preservation Resources services can increase collection access today
> and ensure long-term preservation tomorrow.
>
> 1) Visit the OCLC Stand No. 38 to see a demonstration of how Olive
> Software's ActivePaper Archive(tm) is being used to digitise and provide
> article level access to historic newspapers. We'll also demonstrate how
> the Web Document Digital Archive Project can help you capture and manage
> long-term retention of and access to web-based documents.
> 2) Attend a session for an in-depth look at these new services.
> Sessions are being held on December 5 at 2:30-3:30 p.m. and repeated at
> 4:00-5:00 p.m. Hilton National London Olympia Hotel, Kensington High
> Street, London W14.
> 3) Register ([log in to unmask]) for our workshop, All the News
> That's Fit to Scan: Increasing Access to Historic Newspapers. Wednesday,
> December 5, 2001. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Continental breakfast begins at 8
> a.m.) [NOTE: You can attend the workshop even if you're not attending the
> conference.]
> 4) Attend the OCLC PICA Update Session. December 4, 2001. 4:00-6:00
> p.m. Hilton National London Olympia Hotel, Kensington High Street, London
> W14.
>
> If you are not attending the Online Information conference, please contact
> Tom Clareson at [log in to unmask] for information on OCLC Digital and
> Preservation Resources.
>
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