Digitization course at Rice University

[Chuck Bearden]

[This announcement is being cross-posted.]

         Digitization for Cultural Heritage Professionals
                  HATII, University of Glasgow
                Fondren Library, Rice University
               Houston, Texas, March 4 - 9, 2001
               http://www.rice.edu/Fondren/DCHP01/

Following the great success of the first Digitization for Cultural 
Heritage Professionals course at Rice and the 1998, 1999, and 2000 
Glasgow Digitisation Summer Schools, the Humanities Advanced 
Technology and Information Institute (HATII) and the Fondren Library 
at Rice University are pleased to announce the second offering of 
this course in North America.

Full details of the course and preliminary registration materials can 
be found at:

  http://www.rice.edu/Fondren/DCHP01/

Introduction 
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Developing high-quality digital content is central to improving public
access to cultural heritage information, as well as to promoting teaching
and research.  This one-week intensive program will be of value to
students, academics, and professionals working in the cultural and
humanities sector (archives, museums, libraries).

The course introduces skills, principles, and best practices in the
digitization of primary textual and images resources, with strong emphasis
on interactive seminars and practical exercises.  With expert guidance,
participants will examine the advantages of developing digital collections
of heritage materials and investigate issues involved in creating,
curating, and managing access to such collections.

The lectures will be supplemented by seminars and practical exercises. In
these, participants will apply the practical skills they acquire to the
digitization of an analogue collection that they have selected (print,
iamge e.g. photographic or slide, music manuscripts, or map). The focus
will be on working with primary source material not otherwise available in
digital form.

Participants are encouraged to bring material related to their own
interests or to those of their home institution.  Where this is not
practical, material from the Fondren Library's collections will be made
available.

Aims and Objectives
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After completing the course, participants will:

  o be familiar with major digitization projects and how they are 
    being run;
  o acquire the skills to select materials for digitization and 
    provide sound justifications for these decisions;
  o be able to define the standards to be used depending upon the 
    type of documentary or image material with which they are working 
    and the objectives of a particular digitization initiative;
  o gain the skills to manage the digitization process from end-to-end;
  o appreciate the role and types of metadata used to assure the long 
    term reusability of digital materials;
  o acquire the skills to create suitable metadata;
  o be able to determine the costs of digitization projects;
  o be able to plan appropriate storage and access facilities; and,
  o understand the application of the techniques to various heritage 
    sectors, including archives, libraries, special collections, and 
    museums.

Time scale
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The one-week intensive course will consist of 10 lectures; 5 workshops;  
5 lab-based practicals (offering both guided instruction and an 
opportunity for individual practice); and a visit to the Woodson 
Research Center (Fondren's special collections and archives unit) as 
well as a visit to another Houston-area special collection.

Costs, Registration, and Deadlines
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Course Fees (including study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and
afternoon tea breaks, not including accommodation):
  - Advanced booking price: $700 (fees paid by January 15, 2001)
  - Normal price: $800 (fees paid after January 15, 2001)

More information can be found at:

  http://www.rice.edu/Fondren/DCHP01/

The Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute, 
University of Glasgow, George Service House, 11 University Gardens, 
GLASGOW G12 8QQ, UK.
Telephone: (+44 141) 330 5512 | Fax: (+44 141) 330 3788
director at hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk

The Fondren Library, Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
Telephone: (+1 713) 348-4022 | Fax: (+1 713) 285 5258
cbearden at rice.edu
lspiro at rice.edu

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Charles Henry, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and University Librarian
and Interim CIO
Fondren Library MS 44
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
voice: 713.348-4022  fax: 713. 348-5258
<http://riceinfo.rice.edu/>

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Dr Seamus Ross
Director, Humanities Computing & Information Management
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute
Faculty Office, Faculty of Arts
6 University Avenue
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Scotland

Telephone: 0141 330 3635 (direct)
Secretary: 0141 330 5512 (Mrs Ann Law)
Fax: 0141 330 3788
email: seamusr at arts.gla.ac.uk

Institute Website: http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/
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