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Planning, Fund Raising and Tendering for Digitisation Projects
Workshop leader: Simon Tanner (KDCS Director)
Location: King's College London
Date: 6th April 2003 (1 day)
Cost: £75 (ex VAT) includes lunch.

Audience: aimed mainly at managers in museums, libraries, local history 
units and county archives.

Context: Digitisation (the conversion to digital formats) has become an 
integral part of the information delivery chain and something that many 
managers need to become more informed upon. The trials and tribulations for 
digitisation in the past, in terms of the technology and cost, have made it 
seem a luxury. However, digitisation has now entered the mainstream of 
activity and this event would aim to demonstrate means by which managers 
can make digitisation a viable and efficient activity to deliver new access 
to information resources.

The workshop will be mainly presented and led by Simon Tanner, Director of 
Digital Consultancy Services for King's College London.  Simon Is an 
authority on digitisation and project management who has authored Digital 
Futures: strategies for the information age with Marilyn Deegan and 
provided consultancy to many of the major cultural and heritage 
institutions in UK, Europe and America.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/cch/kdcs/

Programme:

Session 1:      Why digitise?
What are the pros and cons of digitisation.
Selection criteria for digitisation - establishing the criteria to 
establish for selecting resources to convert to digital formats

Session 2:      Planning and fund raising.
The importance of good planning to the success of projects and how it can 
enhance fund raising.  Important issues to consider in fund raising.
	
Session 3:      Tendering for services (plus in-house versus outsourcing).
What are the respective advantages of each approach and the key issues to 
consider when deciding which route to take.
Tendering for services. Whether buying external digitisation services or 
for in-house work purchasing IT systems or equipment then there will be an 
element of tendering involved.  This session will give advice of approaches 
to tendering and the critical information to look out for in responses.

Session 4:      Skills, training and recruitment.
What are the key skills needed and how are they to be delivered into the 
workplace.

Conclusion: Next steps and future directions.

The programme will be open to questions and encourage interaction with the 
audience.

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Registration: please send an email to simon.tanner@kcl,ac.uk with the 
following information.

Name:

Job Title:

Institution:

Payment may be by cheque or by purchase order/invoice. Please indicate your 
preferred method of payment. Please note payment or purchase order must be 
received before you attend the event.

Payment:  Cheque or Purchase Order / Invoice

Following registration we will contact you with further details regarding 
payment, the event and its location.

Regards,
        Simon
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Simon Tanner
Director,  KCL Digital Consultancy Services
King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1678       mob: +44 (0)7793 403542
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www.kcl.ac.uk/cch/kdcs/