The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) announces an International Conference
School for Scanning: Creating, Managing, and Preserving Digital Assets
October 16-18, 2002
Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands
The Hague, The Netherlands
The conference, which will be presented entirely in English, is funded in part by The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). It is co-sponsored by the European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek - The National Library of the Netherlands (KB).
What is the School for Scanning?
This conference provides current and essential information for collections managers who are seeking to create, manage, and preserve digital assets.
Participants will leave the conference better equipped to make informed choices regarding management of their digital projects. Although significant technical content will be presented, this is not a technician-training program.
Conference content will include:
- Envisioning Our Digital Future
- Quality
- Control & Costs
- Copyright & Other Legal Issues
- Content Selection for Digitization
- Metadata
- Digital Asset Management
- Standards
- Digital Longevity & Preservation
- Text & Image Digitization
Who Should Attend?
Administrators within cultural institutions, as well as librarians, archivists, curators, and other cultural or natural resource managers dealing with paper-based collections, including photographs, will find the School for Scanning conference highly relevant and worthwhile. The complexion of this conference evolves with the technology. Although an audience of 150+ attendees is expected, the number of North American participants will be limited to 20.