Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 15:24:19 -0500 From: Debbie Cardinal <cardinal@wils.wisc.edu> Subject: Wisconsin Heritage Online Digitization Online Four-Course Series Message-id: <007201c8bc49$d0a5a410$0202fea9@OCLCA>
Dear List Serve Members,
Wisconsin Heritage Online through WiLS and Minitex is sponsoring a set of
four two-hour webinars focused on digitization information and skill
development. We are holding two sessions in May; one in June and the last
one in July. The sessions will be taught by Linda Stewart from OCLC Western,
who is based in California. The sessions require broadband internet access
and a phone line (800 number). We will send instructions prior to the
meeting time for you to download the required applet. I will work with Linda
Stewart to tailor the sessions to our Wisconsin cultural heritage
institutions.
If you would like to attend a session but do not have broadband internet
access, please contact us before you register. We will either try to arrange
access at a library near you, or provide contact information for someone
registered at a location near you. WiLS will invoice registrants for
payment. If you would like one invoice for all four sessions, register for
all four sessions at once. See Added Information below.
The first of these sessions, Developing, Funding and Managing Digital
Projects was EXCELLENT!
The cost for the remaining three sessions will be $40.00 per person per
session:
May 29 1-3 pm Copyright for Digital Materials
This webinar is intended to introduce participants to issues surrounding
copyright for digital materials, and to provide resources for further
exploration. Topics covered include: basics of copyright law, including the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act; obtaining permissions to use, fair use,
public domain, and privacy issues; how digital primary source materials
published to the web differ from traditional materials. The course will
include discussion of examples pertinent to the Washington Rural Heritage
project to help participants apply concepts to real-life situations. What
you will learn: An understanding of issues pertaining to copyright of
digital materials including:
How digital materials are similar to and different than traditional
materials
How to format policies for digital materials published to the web.
https://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form
<https://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form&form_id=EC0D911185&view_t
ype=windowed> &form_id=EC0D911185&view_type=windowed
June 12 1-3 pm Imaging, Quality Control and Digital Infrastructure
This workshop covers basic level information on scanning, image capture and
quality control activities for digital projects. Places emphasis on process
development, and implementation for image capture and digital object
creation in a project setting. Provides beginning steps toward developing
and managing scanning activities for digital collections. What you will
learn: The ability to make informed digital scanning decisions including:
An understanding of image quality issues
File formats & compression
Image sizing, managing color
Benchmarking & formulas
Outsourcing vs in house capture decisions
https://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form
<https://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form&form_id=EC0D9111D7&view_t
ype=windowed> &form_id=EC0D9111D7&view_type=windowed
July 8 1-3 pm Metadata for Digital Projects
Metadata is a fundamental element of any digitization project. Designed for
noncatalogers, this webinar session focuses on using metadata to facilitate
both access to and preservation of digital resources. Topics include: review
of metadata schema choices, planning for a preservation metadata model, and
using XML to store metadata. What you will learn: An understanding of what
metadata is and how it facilitates access to and preservation of digital
resources including:
An awareness of appropriate metadata schema, including Dublin Core
An understanding of current and developing standards
Consideration of metadata workflows
https://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form
<https://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form&form_id=EF025C8009&view_t
ype=windowed> &form_id=EF025C8009&view_type=windowed
Debbie Cardinal
Wisconsin Heritage Online Coordinator
<mailto:cardinal@wils.wisc.edu> cardinal@wils.wisc.edu
608 265-2138
Project Resources site: http://wiheritage.pbwiki.com/
<http://wiheritage.pbwiki.com/>
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http://www.wils.wisc.edu <http://www.wils.wisc.edu/>
728 State St., Rm. 464
Madison, WI 53706
Fax 608 262-6067
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