The Northeast Document Conservation Center presents
Reformatting for Preservation in a Digital World: To Film or To Scan

A Workshop on Preservation Microfilming and Digital Imaging
October 27-29, 1998
The University of Michigan
806 Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Central Campus
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities
The workshop is hosted by the University of Michigan Library

As we approach and enter the 21st century, digital technologies will have a
profound impact on the way institutions provide access to information.  But
will digitization also become a tool of the preservation community?
NEDCC's reformatting workshop will address this question.

The workshop will explore two reformatting technologies: preservation
microfilming and digital imaging.  The similarities and marked differences
of the technologies will be compared and evaluated.  The faculty will
discuss lessons learned from preservation microfilming projects that can be
applied to digital imaging projects.

The workshop is designed to train project administrators in institutions to
plan, implement, and manage reformatting projects.  Instruction will focus
on decision making skills.  Compliance with national standards and RLG
guidelines for preservation microfilming will be emphasized and the "best
practice" for digital projects will be discussed.  It is not a technician
training program.  The program teaches skills for:
1. planning reformatting projects
2. selecting and preparing materials
3. microfilm technology
4. introductory digital imaging technology
5. inspection and quality control
6. evaluating digital imaging for preservation

Presented by: Susan Wrynn, Director of Reprographic Services, Northeast
Document Conservation Center; Paul Conway, Head, Yale University Libraries;
Lisa Fox, Preservation Consultant; Bob Mottice, President, Mottice
Micrographics, Inc.; and guest speakers Joy Paulson, Head, Reformatting and
Replacement Services, Preservation Division, University of Michigan Library
and Maria Bonn, Interface Specialist, Digital Library Production Service,
University of Michigan.

The price of the workshop is $250 and includes a copy of Introduction to
Imaging, by Howard Besser & Jennifer Trant.  The workshop is limited to 20
participants.

To request a flier and application contact Gay Tracy at <[log in to unmask]>
or call 978 470-1010.

Gay S. Tracy
Public Relations Coordinator
Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover  MA  01810-1494
Tel 978 470-1010
Fax 978 475-6021
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www.nedcc.org