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** apologies for cross-postings ** I am pleased to announce the Digital Futures, 5-day training course for 21st - 25th May 2007. http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/digifutures/ Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery. Digital Futures will cover the following core areas: + Planning and management + Fund raising and finance + Sustainability + Copyright + Metadata - introduction and implementation + Implementing digital resources + Digital preservation + Strategic issues + Group and individual exercises throughout the week Items of special note for 2007 are: + Visit to the National Gallery to see digital camera and digital delivery systems + Visit to another major national cultural organisation to see digitisation activities (tbc - previous visits include the National Archives and Kew Gardens) See the full programme at: http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/digifutures/digiprog.htm Registration is available at: http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/digifutures/digireg.htm Digital Futures is led by Simon Tanner (KDCS) and Tom Clareson (PALINET). Please email us if you have any questions and even if you can't come, I would be grateful if you could pass this information to any you think might be interested. All my best, Simon More information on KDCS: http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/ More information on PALINET: http://www.palinet.org/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Simon Tanner Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services King's College London Kay House, 7 Arundel Street, London WC2R 3DX tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1678 or +44 (0)7887 691716 email: [log in to unmask] www.digitalconsultancy.net Digital Futures: from digitization to delivery: 5-day training event 21st - 25th May 2007, London, UK. http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/digifutures/