[Sigdl-l] Creating & Managing Digital Collections? The NEW School for Scanning is for You! June 10-12, Jacksonville

[Julie Martin Carlson]

IF YOU ARE EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT DIGITIZATION BASICS, selection of hardware
and software, and planning and managing digital projects, this conference is
for you!

Seats are still available, but time is running out - REGISTER ONLINE NOW!
www.nedcc.org

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NEDCC Announces
The NEW School for Scanning. . .
DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: 
Fundamentals of Creating
and Managing Digital Collections

June 10 - 12, 2008
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
Jacksonville, Florida

A conference presented by the
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Co-sponsored by SOLINET

CONFERENCE TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: Planning a digital project; selection for
digitization; metadata; outsourcing and vendor relations; copyright and
rights management; standards and best practices; and digital disaster
planning.

DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital
Collections is an updated version of NEDCC's School for Scanning, which was
first presented in 1995. This popular conference has kept up with evolving
standards and practices over the years, and the new name reflects its
expanded content, which now encompasses the full life-cycle of digital
objects, from planning to creation to sustainability.

CONFERENCE COST: $625

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 16, 2008

DIGITAL DIRECTIONS VENDOR SHOWCASE:
Meet the leading providers of digitization hardware, software, and services
to libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions. A great
opportunity to ask questions and gather information about a wide range of
digital services, new releases, and products currently under development.
 
IF YOU ARE A VENDOR interested in exhibiting at Digital Directions, go to
www.nedcc.org to download the Exhibitor Prospectus, or contact Julie Martin
Carlson. jcarlson at nedcc.org.

FOR COMPLETE CONFERENCE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE, go to:
www.nedcc.org