Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:30:21 -0600 From: Debbie Cardinal <cardinal@wils.wisc.edu> Subject: MINITEX Offers Digitization Webinar Series in May and June 2009 Message-id: <4169422F0D164DA7A2F4261EEDF7F7A4@OCLCA>
Dear Local History Group,
Minitex, WiLS' counterpart which serves Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
is sponsoring a set of four two-hour webinars focused on digitization
information and skill development. Three sessions will be held in May and
one in June. This is the same series that was offered last year by WiLS and
will again be taught by Linda Stewart from OCLC Western. The cost of each
webinar is $40.00 for each individual. If you register for all four
webinars at once, the cost will be $35.00 for each session. The
descriptions of each session with links to registration are below.
Minitex is offering WiLS members the payment option of having the
registration fees for this series deducted from your institution's WiLS
Deposit Account, if appropriate. Please have the OCLC symbol, that your
institution's WiLS Deposit Account is billed under, available when you
register.
If your institution does not have a WiLS Deposit account, Minitex is
accepting payment by credit card, check or invoice with purchase order.
Please email Sara Ring at Minitex ring0089@umn.edu if you have any questions
about these webinars.
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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Developing, Funding and Managing Digital Projects: Digitization Series #1
Thursday, May 14, 2009
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time)
This webinar covers basic level project planning, materials selection, and
workflow for digital collections. The focus is to prepare participants for
conducting a project and sustaining a project into the future. Will include
discussion of issues related to workflow, metadata, scanning, quality
control, funding, maintenance and sustainability of digital resources.
Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#215
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Copyright for Digital Materials: Digitization Series #2
Thursday, May 21, 2009
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Central Time)
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; and how digital primary source materials
published to the Web differ from traditional materials. The course will
include discussion of examples pertinent to the average project to help
participants apply concepts to real-life situations.
Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#216
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Imaging, Quality Control and Digital Infrastructure: Digitization Series #3
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Central Time)
This online workshop covers basic-level information on scanning, image
capture, and quality control activities for digital projects. Provides brief
information on planning, workflow development, and implementation for image
capture and digital object creation in a project setting. Places emphasis on
digital activities for libraries, museums, and heritage organizations.
Provides beginning steps toward developing and managing scanning activities
for digital collections.
Registration: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#217
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Metadata for Digital Projects: Digitization Series #4
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time)
Metadata is a fundamental element of any digitization project. Designed for
non-catalogers, this webinar session focuses on using metadata to facilitate
both access to and preservation of digital resources. Topics include: review
of metadata schema choices, development of a preservation metadata model,
and using XML to store metadata.
Registration:
<http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#218>
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#218