Survey for digitization symposium

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Coordinator,  Kansas Electronic Document Center,  Salina, KS
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> Dear PAGD subscribers:
> 
> Your opinion is solicited to help a group of libraries, archives, museums,
> historical & genealogical societies from Kansas and Missouri plan a Midwest
> regional conference on digital libraries.
> 
> Approximate date: fall, 1998
> Length: 2 days
> Location: several sites are being considered in Kansas or Kansas City,
> Missouri.
> 
> We envision the conference to be: 1. Popular, or for "laymen". 2.
> Comprehensive. 3. Practical. 4. Multidisciplinary. 5. High quality
> (national level speakers)
> 
> The purpose of the conference:
> 
> 1. To introduce librarians, archivists, museum workers, and all interested
> persons to the new digital library technologies, allowing them to better
> respond to their users' and institutional needs.
> 2. To provide a good "navigational map" for decision-making, planning and
> implementing digitization projects.
> 3. To demonstrate a variety of digital library implementation options
> available today: from a low-budget, in-house projects utilizing inexpensive
> search and retrieval/database management tools, with or without Web access,
> to a large-scale advanced and expensive implementations based on
> sophisticated hard and software.
> 4. To promote regional cooperation in the creation, maintenance, and
> management of digital libraries.
> 
> To evaluate interest in this conference this questionnaire is being
> distributed  to: DIGLIB, DIGLIBNS, LITA-L, SLA-DITE, PUBLIB, ARCHIVES,
> ARLIS-L, LIBADMIN, MUSEUM-L, LM_NET, MPLA-L, BCR-L, ALLIANCE-L, UCDOLA-L,
> SLAHOA-H, KANSAS-L, KS-KIN-L, KANLIB-L, NDLIB-L, IMAGELIB, VRA-L, WEB4LIB,
> PAGD
> 
> Please, respond via e-mail to:
> nickbere@xxxxxxx
> 
> Results will be summarized and posted on DLIBCON-- a listserv organized for
> the discussion and planning of the conference (to subscribe, send:
> SUBSCRIBE DLIBCON YOUR NAME to: listproc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> 
> Thank you,
> Nicholas Berezovsky
> Midwest Digital Libraries '98 Conference Discussion & Planning Group
> nickbere@xxxxxxx
> 
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> 
> TOPICS:
> 
> Please rank each of the following topics according to your interest level
> on a scale from 0 to 10 (0-least interest; 10- most interest)
> 
> [       ] Developments in the digital libraries fields. Trends, projects,
> organizations
> [       ] Overview of the digitization process. Imaging system components and
> their requirements: computers, scanners, storage devices, networks,
> printers, and monitors
> [       ] Preparing materials for digitizing. Types of materials (text,
> illustrations, photographs, microfilm) and challenges of their digitizing
> [       ] Graphic file formats
> [       ] Digitization for access vs. digitization for preservation
> [       ] Methods and tools for data captures and OCR: scanners, digital cameras,
> and software
> [       ] Outsourcing digital imaging. Selection of service bureaus, cost,
> contracts, quality control.
> [       ] Metadata ("bibliographic" information for electronic records)
> [       ] Electronic document markup: HTML, SGML, XML, TEI, and EAD
> [       ] Text and image indexing, search and retrieval, database management
> tools
> [       ] Electronic document distribution: Internet, LANs/intranets, CD-ROMs,
> and hard copies
> [       ] Copyright and licensing. Free vs. fee-based access. Protection from
> unauthorized use.
> [       ] Storage and preservation of electronic records
> [       ] Examples of projects
> [       ] Demos of hard- and software
> [       ] Other (please, specify the topic):
> 
> SITE OPTIONS:
> 
> Please, indicate which of the following conference site options you prefer:
> 
> [       ] A large metropolitan area with an airport served by major airlines
> [       ] Any site as long as there is a convenient shuttle service from a major
> airport
> [       ] Any site within [  ] (please specify in hours or miles) driving
> distance from [   ] (please specify point of departure)
> [       ] Other (please, specify your conditions, if any):
> [       ] Doesn't matter
> 
> REGISTRATION FEES:
> 
> Please, indicate the maximum registration fee (excluding food and lodging)
> you would pay for a high quality 2-day conference covering the topics
> outlined above:
> 
> [       ] $50-99
> [       ] $100-149
> [       ] $150-199
> [       ] $200-249
> [       ] $250-300
> [       ] Other (please, specify):
> 
> ATTENDANCE:
> 
> Please, indicate the probability of your attending the conference with the
> program outlined above, if the registration fee and the site are as you
> specified:
> 
> [       ] High
> [       ] Average
> [       ] Low
> 
> Please, indicate the amount of attendees such a conference, in your
> opinion, could attract:
> 
> 1. From your professional field, your state only:
> [       ] 0-9
> [       ] 10-24
> [       ] 25-49
> [       ] 50-99
> [       ] 100-150
> [       ] other (please, specify)
> 
> 2. From your professional field, all states
> [       ] up to 49
> [       ] 50-99
> [       ] 100-149
> [       ] 150-199
> [       ] 200-249
> [       ] 250-300
> [       ] other (please, specify)
> 
> 3. From across professions, your state only:
> 
> [       ] 0-9
> [       ] 10-24
> [       ] 25-49
> [       ] 50-99
> [       ] 100-150
> [       ] other (please, specify)
> 
> 4. From across professions, all states
> 
> [       ] up to 49
> [       ] 50-99
> [       ] 100-149
> [       ] 150-199
> [       ] 200-249
> [       ] 250-300
> [       ] other (please, specify):
> 
> Please, indicate the type of institution you are affiliated with:
> 
> [       ] Academic library
> [       ] Public library
> [       ] Special library
> [       ] Museum
> [       ] Archive
> [       ] Historical society
> [       ] Genealogical society
> [       ] Government agency
> [       ] Other (please, specify):
> 
> Please, specify the state where your institution is located:
> 
> [       ]
> 
> How would you describe your level of knowledge or practical experience in
> the field of digital libraries?
> 
> [       ] Novice
> [       ] Intermediate
> [       ] Advanced
> 
> If you have other comments, suggestions, or questions, please, write them
> here:
> 
> Just a reminder: e-mail your response to:
> nickbere@xxxxxxx
> 
> Thank you for your help.

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