Conference on scanning

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School for Scanning: Preservation and Access in a Digital World
A Conference Presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center
Berkeley Marina Marriott Hotel
Berkeley, California
May 12 - 14, 1997:

The School for Scanning Conference is funded in part by The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities and cosponsored by
The Getty Information Institute and the National Park Service.

What is the School for Scanning? A seminar that will take the mystery out of
digital technology.  Issues covered include:

    Basics of Digital Technology
    Deciphering Digital Jargon:
    Practical Guide to File Formats
    Content Selection for Digitization
    Legal Issues of Digital Technology
    Text and Image Scanning
    Quality Control and Costs
    Essentials of Metadata
    Digital Preservation: Fact or Fiction
    World Wide Web Applications
    CD-ROM Applications

Faculty:  Steve Dalton, NEDCC; Ben Davis, The Getty Information
Institute; Peter Lyman, University of California-Berkeley; Ricky
Erway, Research Libraries Group; Steve Puglia, National Archives and
Records Administration; Steve Chapman, Harvard University; Howard
Besser, University of California-Berkeley; Franziska Frey, Image
Permanence Institute; Anne Gilliland-Swetland, University of
California-Los Angeles; Barclay Ogden, University of
California-Berkeley, Diane Vogt-O'Connor, National Park Service,
Melissa Smith Levine, Library of Congress; Paul Handly, National
Park Service; Natalie Munn, University of California-Berkeley; Bob
Futernick, California Palace of the Legion of Honor; and Pam
Samuelson, University of California-Berkeley and  Deborah Hunt, the
Exploratorium.

Cost: The cost is $245, including lunches.  All
participants will also be responsible for all their travel and lodging
costs.  The number of participants is limited and registration applications
will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.  The deadline to
register is April 25, 1997.

If you are a person who is blind or deaf, please notify NEDCC three weeks
ahead of the program so we can meet you special needs.

For more info, contact Gail Pfeifle

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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