*With apologies for cross posting*

The British Library Preservation Advisory Centre and RLUK are delighted to announce two training days focusing on digitisation. 

Approaches to digitisation

London: Wednesday 9 February 2010

http://www.bl.uk/blpac/approaches.html

Are you planning a digitisation project?  Do you want to learn more about how to approach this?  This training day includes presentations on the benefits of digitising books and documents; planning for digitisation; how to select materials for digitisation; and preservation issues. 

Handling for Digitisation

York: 18 February 2011

http://www.bl.uk/blpac/digitise.html

Are you setting up a digitisation project?  Do you want to learn more about how to handle books and documents during digitisation?  This training day includes presentations on what to consider when sourcing equipment; preparing books for digitisation; handling during digitisation; outsourcing digitisation and dealing with digital images. 

Each course costs £95 + VAT including lunch and refreshments (£71 + VAT for members of Research Libraries UK)

Book and pay now to avoid the January VAT rise.

For full programme and booking details, please see: http://www.bl.uk/blpac/events.html

These events are part of a Preservation Learning Programme jointly sponsored by RLUK and the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre.

Alison Faraday

Preservation Advisory Centre

The British Library

96 Euston Road

London NW1 2DB

United Kingdom