Digitisation Solutions: Conference organised by the Higher Education
Digitisation Service
This important annual event held at The Royal Society was attended by over
170 people interested in digitisation or working on a digital library project.
The conference addressed the main issues of digitisation as seen through
the eyes of practitioners who have run and advised successful projects,
with emphasis upon the following areas:
Running a successful multi-partner project
The importance of strategy and planning
Digitising audio and moving images
Maximising productivity through careful workflow design
Integrating data and metadata for delivery and preservation
Promotion of the digitised product
Going beyond the project, finding funds to carry on
The papers are available at the URL below. They span projects and
experience from Higher Education and the public sector as well as
information from experts in the field.
http://heds.herts.ac.uk/conf2001/conf2001.html
Joanne Lomax Smith
Digitisation Consultant
Higher Education Digitisation Service
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield
Herts AL10 9AB
Tel: 01707 286078 Fax: 01707 286079
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://heds.herts.ac.uk
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