“Basics and Beyond” Digitization Fundamentals On-line Course

The Illinois Digitization Institute at the University of Illinois Library 
at Urbana-Champaign, through a National Leadership Grant from the Institute 
of Museum and Library Services, is offering a 3-week web-based course 
entitled Digitization Fundamentals.  Course participants will engage in 
online discussions, solve real world digitization problems, and be able to 
apply the knowledge learned to their own digitization projects.  The course 
will be directed towards participants from libraries, museums, archives, 
and other institutions who are seeking in-depth digitization instruction to 
work with cultural heritage materials.  Discussions and assignments will 
focus on the following topics:
·       Benefits and costs of digitization projects
·       Issues involved with designing and evaluating digitization 
projects, and goal-setting
·       Selection of materials for digitization
·       Determining the best way to digitize a collection and make it 
accessible to the target audience
·       Planning issues including: budgeting, workflow, copyright, storage, 
and preservation
·       Metadata: best practices and creation
·       Evaluating, selecting, and purchasing digitization equipment
·       Basic scanning and image manipulation
·       Delivery and access of digital images

The course will also include guest experts in the areas of digitization and 
preservation from libraries, museums, and archives.

Upcoming courses will be held:
·       January 12-30, 2004
·       February 2-20, 2004
·       February 23-March 12, 2004
·       April 12-30, 2004
·       August 2-20, 2004
·       More courses will be offered later in 2004 and in 2005.

Cost for one 3-week course is $200.00 per person.  Illinois cultural 
heritage associations may be able to qualify for a scholarship to cover the 
cost of the course.

To learn more about the “Basics and Beyond” digitization course series and 
available scholarships, please visit 
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/project/IDI or contact:

Amy Maroso, Project Coordinator
452 Grainger Engineering Library Information Center
1301 W. Springfield Ave.
Urbana, IL  61801
Phone:  (217) 244-4946
Fax: (217) 244-7764
E-mail:  [log in to unmask]

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