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Planning a digitisation project

Preservation Advisory Centre Training Day

Tuesday 12 November 2013

British Library Centre for Conservation
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
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Digitisation can increase access to collections, provide surrogates for vulnerable originals, enable virtual reunification of collections or reveal information not available to the naked eye. But how do you make sure you give your project the best chance of success? What do you need to think about at the outset to ensure the process is trouble-free?

This training day will help you plan a successful digitisation project with sustainable outcomes. It is focused on the digitisation of library and archive materials, though the principles are transferable to other formats. The day includes case studies which highlight different approaches to planning, managing and evaluating digitisation projects. The day covers:

  • How to articulate why digitisation is being carried out and how it supports your organisation’s goals
  • Defining selection criteria for digitisation
  • Taking a lifecycle approach to project planning
  • Resources and digitisation workflows
  • Scale and speed: in-house or out-sourced?
  • Building digital preservation into a project from the beginning.

Programme

10.15 Registration
10.25 Welcome and introductions
10.30 Strategic alignment and selection criteria
11.30 Break
11.45 Lifecycle approach
12.15 Workflows
13.00 Lunch
13.45 Funding models, scale and speed
14.30 Case studies
15.30 Break
15.45 Sustainability and digital preservation
16.15 End

This day is complemented by the training day Doing digitisation on 13 November 2013 which addresses the practical aspects of undertaking digitisation such as equipment set-up; standards and formats; pre-digitisation assessments; document preparation and handling.

Registration form

Please copy the form below into an email, complete it and send it to blpacevents@bl.uk.

Alternatively, print out, complete and return the form by post to the address at the bottom of this page.

I would like to book a place on the Preservation Advisory Centre training day ‘Planning a digitisation project’ on 12 November 2013.

Training day fee (including refreshments and lunch):
£105.00 + VAT = £126.00

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Terms and conditions

You will be invoiced for the full amount on receipt of the registration form. Invoices must be paid within 30 days of the date of the invoice. All payments must be made in UK pounds sterling, without deduction of bank charges. Payment can be made by cheque, credit/debit card or by bank transfer. Cancellations will not be refunded. A substitute delegate is acceptable if notified to the Preservation Advisory Centre. This registration form constitutes a legally binding contract. In the unlikely event of the training day being cancelled the organisers will make a full refund of the training day fee received but disclaim any further liability.

Please send this booking form to:

Preservation Advisory Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7612
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7796
Email: blpacevents@bl.uk

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