Event: Online course in digitization

THREE WEEK ONLINE COURSE ON DIGITIZATION

The Illinois Digitization Institute is offering more online digitization courses in 2006! The next course will be July 10 - 28, 2006 with an optional two-day, hands-on workshop on August 3 & 4, 2006.

Using WebCT courseware, this web-based course will allow participants to contribute to online discussions and solve real world digitization problems right from their own computers. Topics to be discussed are:

• Benefits and costs of digitization projects
• Issues involved in designing, setting goals, and evaluating digitization projects
• Planning issues including: budgeting, workflow, copyright, and delivery
• Metadata standards and metadata creation
• Selection of materials to be digitize and equipment selection
• Best practices and basic scanning and image manipulation skills

The online course will run Monday - Friday each week, with the online portion taking approximately two to three hours per day. Other readings and assignments may take more time to complete.

The optional two-day, hands-on workshop will be held at the Illinois State Library in Springfield, Illinois. Workshop will include image capture using scanners and digital cameras, OCR, and metadata creation using CONTENTdm.

Registration fees:

• $300.00 per person for online course
• Additional $100.00, plus travel expenses for workshop (space in workshop is limited so register soon!)

For more information or to register for a course visit: http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/IDI/Track2schedule.htm

DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING IS MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2006.

Questions? Please contact Amy Maroso by e-mail: maroso_at_uiuc.edu or by phone: + 217-244-4946.

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