From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:39:04 -0500 Subject: Basics of Digital Projects workshop set for May 14 Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B35026C55308A8E@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
Hello everyone - A reminder that as part of the spring workshop series, we
are offering a hand-on workshop about planning and implementing digital pro
jects. Emily Pfotenhauer of Wisconsin Heritage Online will present this wor
kshop at the Marathon County Historical Society in Wausau on Monday, May 14
from 10 am to 3 pm. Please join us! You can find registration information
online at:
www.wisconsinhistory.org/localhistory<http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/local
history>. The detailed agenda is below:
10:00 Welcome and introductions
--examples of digital history collections
--introduction to the Wisconsin Heritage Online program
10:30 Planning for digitization
--identifying goals and stakeholders
--selecting materials
--considering copyright
--selecting equipment
--planning for digital preservation
12:00 Lunch and sharing projects in progress
1:00 Nuts and bolts of digitizing historic materials
--imaging
--file naming
--metadata
2:15 Promoting your project
--examples of promotional efforts from local historical societies, museums
and libraries across the state and beyond
--brainstorming/sharing ideas for creating and promoting digital projects
--questions/followup comments
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Janet Seymour
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