Class on digital libraries

Digital Library Program Development
Roanoke Public Library
Roanoke, VA
Monday, July 25, 2005
9am to 4pm
Instructor:
    Toby Graham, Director of the Digital Library of Georgia

Any institution in Virginia may send participants at the member
rate, thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access.  Students of
library or archives programs may attend at half-price.  Any
institution sending three participants to this class receives an
additional free registration to the same class.

As institutions collect and provide access to increasing amounts of
digital data, they also may look to improve access to existing
collections in a variety of formats. This one-day class will discuss
how to coherently create, integrate, and sustain new digital
resources and programs, such as imaging projects, within existing
resources and programs. Digital Library Program Development
identifies the knowledge necessary to begin developing local digital
resources in a responsible, sustainable, and systematic manner.

Topics to be addressed within the context of building the program
necessary for creating and providing access to digital information
include:

    *   Program planning and development
    *   Standards
    *   Workflow analysis
    *   Lifecycle management
    *   Assessing and supporting user needs
    *   Collaboration in production and access
    *   Evaluating and managing technology in support of the program
        and patrons
    *   Establishing policies and standard procedures
    *   Integrating program activities with other related library
        activities.

Intended audience: Staff responsible for the development,
management, and administration of new digital library programs.

Cost: $195 for SOLINET members, $235.00 for non-members.  Students
of library or archives programs may attend at half-price.  Any
institution sending three participants to this class receives an
additional free registration to the same class.  Thanks to a grant
from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of
Preservation and Access, any institution in the state of Virginia
may attend at member price.  Be sure to select "member rate" when
registering to ensure proper billing.

For more information or to register, contact

    Vanessa Richardson
    1-800-999-8558
    vanessa_richardson<-a t->solinet< . >net

or see <URL:http://www.solinet.net> for full descriptions and online
registration.

This class is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access.


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