May 4, 2001

Early Registration Deadline Extended!

Museum, library and archive professionals can still take advantage of the early registration deadline for the UCLA/Getty Summer Institute for Knowledge Sharing in Los Angeles, August 6-10, 2001.

The UCLA/Getty Summer Institute is a forum for the intensive exploration of new methods for creating, sharing and preserving electronic information in libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions.  Information specialists, registrars, librarians, archivists, curators, researchers, and educators with responsibility for managing and disseminating information about their institutions’ collections are invited to attend this five-day course.  Sessions will take place on the UCLA campus and at the Getty Center.

The Summer Institute will provide theoretical and practical sessions on:

• Special collection digitization projects:  Implications on the collection, the institution, scholarship, interoperability, and longevity.
• Organization of and access to digital resources:  Models, principles and tools for creating information and imaging systems in museums, libraries, and archives.
• Collaborating:  Improving one’s capacity to work and solve problems with others.
• Funding: Challenges, strategies, and opportunities.

For course and registration information visit:

 http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/si

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