[Asis-l] Simmons Online CE Workshops for June -- Digital Imaging Basics and Information Entrepreneurship

[GSLIS CE2]

*Please excuse cross-posting*

Digital Imaging Basics: Creating Faithful Digital Surrogates
June 1 - 30, 2008
Online
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/online.shtml#online_a23

As librarians and archivists consider digitization as a way of providing 
broader access to the treasures in our care, how can we ensure that we 
digitize responsibly? Anyone can buy a desktop scanner and start 
scanning, but what does it take to produce digital objects that can 
serve as faithful surrogates for their analog counterparts? How can we 
create digital objects that can be managed and preserved over time? In 
terms of time and resources, what must we invest in the digitization 
process, and how can we protect that investment? This workshop will 
provide an introduction to the techniques required to convert 
paper-based library and archive collections to digital formats, with an 
emphasis on creating high quality digital masters. Topics will include 
scanning and digital photography, selecting equipment, color management 
techniques, benchmarking image quality, file format options, capturing 
technical metadata, digitization workflow, and working with vendors.

Faculty: Eleta Exline, Digital Collections Librarian, University of New 
Hampshire; eleta.exline at unh.edu

Information Entrepreneurship
June 1 - 30, 2008
Online
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/online.shtml#online_a24

Explore the exciting field of information entrepreneurship with a focus 
on independent information businesses, also called information 
brokerages. Workshop Topics will include Education, Skills, and Traits 
for Information Entrepreneurship, Developing a Business Infrastructure, 
Marketing and Sales, Product Development and Deliverables. We will 
discuss activities pursued by independent information professionals 
(IIPs) such as online research, monitoring, tracking alerting, telephone 
research, manual library research, legal research, public records 
research, market research - secondary/primary, competitive intelligence, 
company research, industry research, patent research, medical 
information retrieval, prospect research, due diligence research, 
consulting (which depends on interests, background, and skills), 
teaching, and training.

Faculty: Amelia Kassel,President, MarketingBase, a business research and 
information consultancy firm; amelia at marketingbase.com

To register or for more information see 
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/ or contact 
gslisce at simmons.edu

-- 
Kris Liberman
Program Manager
Simmons GSLIS CE
T - 617-521-2803
F - 617-521-3192
gslisce at simmons.edu
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/