Interested in digitization, but don’t know where to start? Please join us
for a special one day event, the Digitization Expo 2009 at the Texas Library
Association’s Annual Convention in Houston, TX, March 31, 2009, from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Visit the Digitization Expo to learn from practitioners, talk with
vendors, and see fascinating presentations on a variety of topics. Vendors
include:

   - Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative, Texas State Library and
   Archives Commission
   - Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas
   - Save Texas History, Texas General Land Office
   - Amigos Library Services, Imaging and Preservation Service
   - Backstage Library Works
   - BCR
   - iImage Retrieval, Inc.
   - Image Access/DLSG
   - iSafe Solutions
   - OCLC
   - Mostly Microfilm Scanners
   - Neubus, Inc.
   - Safe Sound Archive

Admission is just $20 at the door of Exhibit Hall C in the George R. Brown
Convention Center. Come for an hour or come for the whole day! The
presentation schedule includes:

9:00 – 9:50 am
Suzanne Butte and Anita Holland, OCLC
“Learn more about OCLC Digitization Services and CONTENTdm.”

10:00 – 10:30 am
Ishele Graves, Neubus, Inc.
“Going Paperless – Why Digitizing Reduces our Eco Footprint and Cuts Costs”

10:30 – 11:00 am
Karen Frizzell, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
"Train to Share with the Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative"

11:00 – 11:50 am
Leigh Grinstead, BCR
“A How-to for Digitizing Scrapbooks”

12:30 – 1:00 pm
Davy Munsterman, Texas General Land Office
"Saving Texas History, One Scan at a Time"

1:00 – 1:50 pm
Derek Jenkins, IImage  Retrieval, Inc.
“How to Evaluate a Scanner”

2:00 – 2:30 pm
Tara Carlisle, University of North Texas Libraries
“Basics of Scanning Photographs and Negatives”

3:00 – 3:30 pm
Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
"Consumer-Grade Equipment for Digitization Projects: The Whys and Why Nots"

We hope to see you in Houston!

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Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator
Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax)
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