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Preservation Advisory Centre Training Day
Thursday 15 November 2012
British Library Centre for Conservation
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Location Details
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 | Planning a digitisation project Richard Davies, Digital Approvals Manager, British Library |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.45 | Case study: The British Cartoon Archive rapid digitisation project Dr Nicholas Hiley, Head of the British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent |
| 14.25 | Case study: The Wellcome Library – outsourced mass digitisation Dr Christy Henshaw, Programme Manager, Wellcome Digital Library |
15.05 | Break |
| 15.20 | Sustainability and planning digital preservation Maureen Pennock, Digital Preservation Manager, British Library |
| 15.40 | Discussion and questions |
| 16.00 | End |
This training day is complemented by the session Doing digitisation on 16 November 2012 which addresses the practical aspects of undertaking digitisation such as equipment set-up; standards and formats; pre-digitisation assessments; document preparation and handling, and a tour of the BL imaging studio.
