Tuesday, June 24, 2003

"BASICS AND BEYOND" DIGITIZATION WORKSHOP DES PLAINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2003 The Illinois Digitization Institute will be offering cultural heritage institutions a one-day workshop on digital imaging at the Des Plaines Historical Society on Tuesday, July 22, 2003. This workshop will introduce participants from museums and libraries to issues involved in planning digitization projects that will allow them to make informed decisions about starting such projects. The following topics will be addressed: * Advantages and disadvantages of digital imaging * How to plan successful andsustainable projects * Equipment choices * Digitization techniques * Professional standards for digitalimages * Making use of the Illinois Digital Archives (IDA) In addition to presentations on these topics, plenty of time will be allowed for questions and general discussion. The workshop will run from 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The registration fee is $45.00 per person and includes lunch. This workshop is part of a series of workshops. Each one-day workshop will cover the same topics, but will be held at different locations around the state. Other workshops are scheduled for: Champaign Public Library, August 4, 2003; East Moline Public Library, August 19, 2003; Elgin Area Historical Society, Sept. 16; Chicago Historical Society, Oct. 6; and Southern Illinois University, Nov. 3. 4:17:49 PM

Tuesday, April 01, 2003

Grant Writing for Preservation and Digitization Projects Workshop: This workshop focuses on preparing for and writing grants for digitization and/or preservation projects, and places special emphasis grant requirements of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Developing proposals for state, local and foundation funding sources will also be addressed. This workshop includes matching your institution's project with the appropriate funding agency and preparing to write a proposal. The majority of the day is spent covering the elements of a grant proposal and practicing writing those elements. Outcomes: The ability to properly choose and prepare a grant proposal including evaluating appropriate funding sources, project preparation, hands-on practice in preparing a proposal. DATE: June 10, 2003 LOCATION: Illinois State Library, Room 403/404 TIME: 9 AM to 3:30 PM PRESENTER: Tom Clareson, OCLC Digitization & Preservation Resources Division COST: $60 per person (seating is limited to 30 registrants) REGISTRATION: Sharon Layne, 217-524-0773 or slayne@ilsos.net 4:17:31 PM

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

CLS to offer Digital Project Management course: Class Description: This workshop is for decision makers and staff who are charged with considering a plunge into local digital conversion of collections. It will provide a basic overview of the complex, interconnected tasks and processes involved in creating digital resources -- from selection, funding, and staffing, through metadata creation, web site development, and archiving. Outsourcing versus in-house production will be compared. We'll survey features of the important building blocks for digital resources, including scanning techniques, ocr, and assets management, but we won't delve deeply into technical details or provide hands-on demonstrations. We will review current standards and best practices, and consider criteria for sustainable, usable digital resources. Experience with scanning equipment or digital cameras is helpful but not required. Time: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM Date: Thursday May 15, 2003 Fee: $80.00 11:07:53 AM

Wednesday, December 04, 2002

CAMiLEON project: The CAMiLEON Project is developing and evaluating strategies for the preservation of digital materials, including emulation technologies.  The joint project is being undertaken by the Universities of Michigan (USA) and Leeds (UK).  It is funded by JISC and NSF. 11:36:15 AM

Thursday, November 21, 2002

On the Archive of a Life: "Microsoft plans online life archive. Microsoft researchers are working to create an electronic store for all your memories that could be as easy to search as Google. [BBC News | TECHNOLOGY]" Libraries and archives may want to begin considering how they would store such life archives and how much access they will allow reseachers to these treasure troves of biographical information.  These kinds of digital life archives may be in production soon especially as storage prices come down. 2:13:08 PM

Tuesday, November 12, 2002

Ernest Hemingway collection gets conservation help: " "Ernest Hemingway's rejected epilogue of For Whom the Bell Tolls, a 1941 letter from Ingrid Bergman and more than 20 letters from the 19-year-old Italian contessa he was in love with are among thousands of the author's documents Cuba is making available to outside scholars." "President Fidel Castro and an American group led by U.S. Rep. James McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat, signed an agreement Monday to collaborate on the restoration and preservation of 2,000 letters, 3,000 personal photographs and some draft fragments of novels and stories that were kept in the humid basement of Finca de Vigia, the villa outside Havana where Hemingway lived from 1939-1960." (from USA Today) [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen]" 2:59:28 PM

Wednesday, October 30, 2002

Vatican Apostolic Library: " The Vatican Apostolic Library is in the process of posting hundreds of thousands of historical manuscripts, previously accessible to a privileged few, on its Web page." "Manuscripts of Emperor Justinian, love letters of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, and missives of Lucrezia Borgia to her father, who had become Pope Alexander VI -- all may be consulted at www.vatican.va." "The presentation of the new Internet resource was made today by Cardinal Jorge María Mejía, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church." "Cardinal Mejía said that on the Web page there will now be a special new site for the Apostolic Library, fully accessible to the public." (from Zenit) [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen] There is a lot of information in this site, but the site has only been partially translated into languages other than Italian.  Even so, for students of history or religion, this is a valuable resource. 3:05:43 PM

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