The Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative announces the second course in its series of "Train to Share" workshops, "Digital Library Systems & Applications," available now through Amigos Library Services at www.amigos.org.

Available sessions:
October 8-9 Brownsville
October 19-20, Lubbock
October 22-23, El Paso
October 28-29, Houston
November 9-10, Dallas
December 2-3, Austin

Digital Library Systems and Applications ~ FACE-TO-FACE -- NEW
Course Description

Digital Library Systems and Applications will provide information about evaluating, adapting, and developing systems and applications for born-digital and digitized material. The course will explore the following topics:

    *User-Centered Design: Functional Requirements, Use Cases, and Usability
    *Components of Digital Collections: Collections Objects, Object Metadata, and System Models
    *Workflows: Creating, Acquiring, Administering, Accessing, and Disposing of Data
    *Interoperability: Protocols, standards, and transformations
Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this workshop, students will be able to:

    *Identify digital library design and development processes
    *Understand the relationships between metadata and system functionality
    *Design staff workflows for using digital library systems
    *Describe methods to reuse components of digital collections in alternative systems to meet user needs

Intended Audience

The workshop is intended for library, archives, and museum professionals with experience in collections management or cataloging.

Course Hours

The course is designed as a two-day workshop, consisting of 12 hours of instruction.

Contact Hrs: 12.00
Workshop Fee: $ 250.00 (Texas participants)

For more information and to register go to: http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=309

More About Train to Share: Interoperability Training for Cultural Heritage Institutions

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission, working with the University of North Texas Libraries, Amigos Library Services, and other partners, has received a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant to develop Train to Share, a training program administered as part of the Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative. The three-year project will address the need, identified nationally, but equally evident at the local level, to create sharable metadata and develop state-wide workshops, adapted from the Library of Congress’s "The Digital Library Environment" series, which provides an overview of interoperability measures for digitization projects and principles of sharable metadata. As a result of completing the Train to Share program, selected cultural heritage institutions will work together as a team to provide better access to their rare and unique materials, and, in the process, will forge new and sustainable partnerships vital to the ongoing development of digital projects across the state.

For further questions contact:
Karen L. Frizzell, MA, MLS
Training & Outreach Coordinator
Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative
Texas State Library & Archives Commission
512.936.0270
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