[Ncpcnews-l] DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections

[Robert James]

NEDCC Announces
The NEW School for Scanning. . .
DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: 
Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections
 
June 10 – 12, 2008
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
Jacksonville, Florida
 
A conference presented by the
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Co-sponsored by SOLINET
 
IF YOU ARE EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT DIGITIZATION BASICS, selection of hardware 
and software, and planning and managing digital projects, this conference 
is for you.
 
CONFERENCE TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: 
Planning a digital project; selection for digitization; metadata; 
outsourcing and vendor relations; copyright and rights management; 
standards and best practices; and digital disaster planning.
 
DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital 
Collections is an updated version of NEDCC’s School for Scanning, which 
was first presented in 1995. This popular conference has kept up with 
evolving standards and practices over the years, and the new name reflects 
its expanded content, which now encompasses the full life-cycle of digital 
objects, from planning to creation to sustainability.
 
CONFERENCE COST: $625
 
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 16, 2008
 
DIGITAL DIRECTIONS VENDOR SHOWCASE:
Meet the leading providers of digitization hardware, software, and 
services to libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions. 
A great opportunity to ask questions and gather information about a wide 
range of digital services, new releases, and products currently under 
development.
 
IF YOU ARE A VENDOR interested in exhibiting at Digital Directions, 
go to www.nedcc.org to download the Exhibitor Prospectus, or contact Julie 
Martin Carlson. jcarlson at nedcc.org.
 
FOR COMPLETE CONFERENCE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE, go to: 
www.nedcc.org
 
 
 
 
_______________
 
Angelina Altobellis
Field Service Representative
Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover, MA 01810-1494
 
T: 978.470.1010
F: 978.475.6021
www.nedcc.org
 
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