Workshop on scanning and microfilming

The Northeast Document Conservation Center presents:  To Scan or To
Film: Reformatting for Preservation in a Digital World; A Workshop
on Preservation Microfilming and Digital Scanning. It will be held
March 11-13, 1997; at the Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal
Street, New Orleans, LA  70130. Funded in part by The Pew Charitable
Trusts, The H.W. Wilson Foundation and the National Endowment for
Humanities

As we approach and enter the 21st century, digital technologies will
have a profound impact on the way institutions provide access to
information.  But will digitization also become a tool of the
preservation community?  NEDCC's reformatting workshop will address
this question.  The workshop is designed to train project
administrators in institutions to plan, implement, and manage
reformatting projects. Instruction will focus on decision making
skills.  Compliance with national standards and RLG guidelines for
preservation microfilming will be emphasized and the "best practice"
for digital projects will be discussed.  It is not a technician
training program. The program includes hands-on experience and
teaches skills for:

    *   planning reformatting projects

    *   selecting and preparing materials

    *   selecting and evaluating a vendor

    *   microfilm and imaging technology

    *   inspection and quality control

    *   evaluating digital imaging for preservation

The sessions will introduce preservation microfilming and digital
imaging technologies and compare their commonalties and differences.
Presented by: Susan Wrynn, Director of Reprographic Services,
Northeast Document Conservation Center; Lisa Fox, Preservation
Consultant; Bob Mottice, President, Mottice Micrographics, Inc.; and
Andrew Raymond, Regional Advisory Officer, New York State Archives.
Guest Speaker: Paul Conway, Yale University Library Co-Sponsored By:
Historic New Orleans Collection and SOLINET

The price of the workshop is $225.  It includes the cost of
Preservation Microfilming: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists,
2nd ed., edited by Lisa Fox, Preservation Consultant.  Speakers will
refer to the book throughout the workshop, however if you do not
wish to order the book, the cost of the workshop is $160.

For to request a workshop flier contact Gay Tracy at 508 470-1010 or
tracy<-a t->nedcc< . >org. Later this year this workshop will be given in Maryland
and in other locations. For information about other workshops and more
offered by NEDCC visit our home page at http://www.nedcc.org.

Gay S. Tracy
Public Relations Coordinator
Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover  MA  01810-1494
508-470-1010
Fax: 508-475-6021

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