Digitization for Cultural Heritage Professionals
HATII, University of Glasgow
Fondren Library, Rice University
Houston, Texas, March 4 - 9, 2001
http://www.rice.edu/Fondren/DCHP01/
Following the great success of the first Digitization for Cultural
Heritage Professionals course at Rice and the 1998, 1999, and 2000
Glasgow Digitisation Summer Schools, the Humanities Advanced
Technology and Information Institute (HATII) and the Fondren Library
at Rice University are pleased to announce the second offering of
this course in North America.
Full details of the course and preliminary registration materials can
be found at:
http://www.rice.edu/Fondren/DCHP01/
Introduction
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Developing high-quality digital content is central to improving public
access to cultural heritage information, as well as to promoting teaching
and research. This one-week intensive program will be of value to
students, academics, and professionals working in the cultural and
humanities sector (archives, museums, libraries).
The course introduces skills, principles, and best practices in the
digitization of primary textual and images resources, with strong emphasis
on interactive seminars and practical exercises. With expert guidance,
participants will examine the advantages of developing digital collections
of heritage materials and investigate issues involved in creating,
curating, and managing access to such collections.
The lectures will be supplemented by seminars and practical exercises. In
these, participants will apply the practical skills they acquire to the
digitization of an analogue collection that they have selected (print,
iamge e.g. photographic or slide, music manuscripts, or map). The focus
will be on working with primary source material not otherwise available in
digital form.
Participants are encouraged to bring material related to their own
interests or to those of their home institution. Where this is not
practical, material from the Fondren Library's collections will be made
available.
Aims and Objectives
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After completing the course, participants will:
o be familiar with major digitization projects and how they are
being run;
o acquire the skills to select materials for digitization and
provide sound justifications for these decisions;
o be able to define the standards to be used depending upon the
type of documentary or image material with which they are working
and the objectives of a particular digitization initiative;
o gain the skills to manage the digitization process from end-to-end;
o appreciate the role and types of metadata used to assure the long
term reusability of digital materials;
o acquire the skills to create suitable metadata;
o be able to determine the costs of digitization projects;
o be able to plan appropriate storage and access facilities; and,
o understand the application of the techniques to various heritage
sectors, including archives, libraries, special collections, and
museums.
Time scale
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The one-week intensive course will consist of 10 lectures; 5 workshops;
5 lab-based practicals (offering both guided instruction and an
opportunity for individual practice); and a visit to the Woodson
Research Center (Fondren's special collections and archives unit) as
well as a visit to another Houston-area special collection.
Costs, Registration, and Deadlines
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Course Fees (including study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and
afternoon tea breaks, not including accommodation):
- Advanced booking price: $700 (fees paid by January 15, 2001)
- Normal price: $800 (fees paid after January 15, 2001)
More information can be found at:
http://www.rice.edu/Fondren/DCHP01/
The Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute,
University of Glasgow, George Service House, 11 University Gardens,
GLASGOW G12 8QQ, UK.
Telephone: (+44 141) 330 5512 | Fax: (+44 141) 330 3788
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The Fondren Library, Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
Telephone: (+1 713) 348-4022 | Fax: (+1 713) 285 5258
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Charles Henry, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and University Librarian
and Interim CIO
Fondren Library MS 44
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
voice: 713.348-4022 fax: 713. 348-5258
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Dr Seamus Ross
Director, Humanities Computing & Information Management
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute
Faculty Office, Faculty of Arts
6 University Avenue
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Scotland
Telephone: 0141 330 3635 (direct)
Secretary: 0141 330 5512 (Mrs Ann Law)
Fax: 0141 330 3788
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Institute Website: http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/
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