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The National Archives and the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre are pleased to announce a training day:
Introduction to Digitisation
London: 15 July 2010
The National Archives
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
This training day draws on the expertise of staff from The National Archives who have carried out a number of digitisation projects. The day summarises the practical issues to prepare for when planning and undertaking a digitisation project. Participants will gain an overview of how to prepare a digitisation strategy; the issues to consider when preparing library and archive items for digitisation, including handling of original materials; practicalities around the set up of a digitisation studio and how to preserve the digital data.
This event is being jointly run by The National Archives and the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre as part of the RLUK/BL Preservation Learning Programme.
Programme
09:30 Registration
10:00 Introduction
10:15 Digitisation strategy - stakeholder management, business models, funding, sustainability.
11:15 Break
11:45 Collection care - spot checks, collection surveys, condition assessment, preparation for scanning, dealing with damaged documents, advice and guidance.
13:00 Lunch
13:45 In-house digitisation - equipment and set up, resources management, work flows and document tracking, technical advice.
14:30 Metadata and discovery/access to online images
15:15 Break
15:30 Digital preservation - storage equipment, methods and formats, PRONOM
16:30 End
Cost: £95 + VAT including lunch and refreshments (£71 + VAT for members of Research Libraries UK)
To book please visit: http://www.bl.uk/blpac/digitisation.html
Alison Faraday
Preservation Advisory Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
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