Free Digital Project Training

The Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) is hosting a free workshop on digital project planning.  The description of this introductory course is below.  Other upcoming workshops include training on CONTENTdm, a digital collection management software program.  For a full list of workshops and to register for the digital project planning workshop, please visit http://mkbweb.mlnc.org/EventList.aspx. Digital Project Planning MLNC will host an introduction to digital project planning that will be conducted as a two day two hour webinar presented by Liz Bishoff, former Executive Director of the Collaborative Digitization Program (CDP). The two day introductory session designed for libraries and cultural heritage organizations who are interested in digitizing their collections. Topics covered during the program include building a digital collection—selection criteria; copyright and intellectual property consideration; metadata standards and best practices; digital imaging standards and best practices; quality control practices; approaches for making your collections available to users; and how to preserve your digital collections. This workshop will focus on standards associated with photographs, text, documents. Future workshops address the specific standards associated with digital audio and video. This workshop is grant funded and there is no charge. However, MLNC reserves the right to limit registration to Missouri institutions and the number of people attending from one institution. Date: Tue. February 1, 2011 – Wed. February 2, 2011 Time: 1:30 PM  - 3:30 PM Location: GoToMeeting Instructor: Liz Bishoff Cost: No Charge $0.00 Online Reg Deadline: N/A