[Web4lib] Digital Library educational programs at METRO

Tue Aug 21 19:17:14 EDT 2007

I recently organized a series of digital library
educational programs for METRO NY. 

You can register for these programs at the METRO site:
www.metro.org

If you have an interest in staging similar programs at
your institution please contact me at:

Anthony Troncale, Digital Library Consulting
140 Seventh Avenue Suite #3C
New York, NY 10011
212-463-7947 office,   646-645-7947 cell
atroncale at yahoo.com
http://home.nyc.rr.com/atron/ATConsulting.html

I want to thank all those instructors and presenters
for their cooperation in agreeing to the below
programs.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007  Greenstone 1:
Introduction To Greenstone Open Source Digital Library
Software (10:00AM - 1:00PM)

Presented by Ian Witten, professor of Computer Science
at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. 
This workshop is designed for those who want an
introduction to building a digital library using an
open source software program. The Greenstone Librarian
Interface is designed for end users who may not have
any programming expertise. It allows users to gather
sets of documents, import or assign metadata, build
them into a Greenstone collection, and display it on
their web site. Collections can include text
(including PDFs), pictures, audio and video.
Prerequisites: Attendees should be familiar with HTML
and the Web, and be aware of representation standards
such as Unicode and Dublin Core. 
Registration fees: $75 members; $100 non-members

Thursday, September 20, 2007  Greenstone 2: Advanced
Course On The Greenstone Open Source Digital Library
Software (10:00AM - 4:00PM)

Presented by Ian Witten, professor of Computer Science
at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. 
This advanced workshop is designed for those who
already have digital collections and metadata ready
for import and wish to move towards implementing a
full open source digital library program. In this
workshop participants will install the software and
perform activities demonstrated in the introductory
course. Then they will work through a series of
practical exercises that involve designing, building,
and customizing collections. The workshop will end
with a brief discussion of the upcoming Greenstone3
product. Prerequisites: Participants are assumed to be
broadly familiar with the basic functionality of the
Greenstone system as described in the introductory
course. Equipment: Windows laptops will be provided.
Participants may bring their own if they wish; the
Greenstone software will be installed as part of the
lab. Participants who prefer to use a Mac or Unix
laptop will have to pre-install Greenstone before
coming to the lab. 
Registration fees: $200 members; $250 non-members

Thursday, October 04, 2007  Advanced Digital Capture
Systems And Imaging Techniques, Part I (10:00AM -
4:00PM)

Presented by Peter Siegel, Director of the Cultural
Heritage Division of Digital Transitions, Inc. 
This advanced workshop is designed for those who are
familiar with, but want to learn more about, current
digital capture technologies and techniques for making
high-quality, high-resolution digital images. Digital
library administrators, digital librarians,
photographers, and department heads of imaging labs
for museums and cultural institutions will find this
workshop useful. 
Topics covered include optical systems (cameras) and
optics, lighting types and techniques, digital color
management (including policies and best practices),
quality control measures, and the interpretation of
targets. The final portion of the session will cover
how to prepare an image for high-quality publication,
including proofing, screen matching and press
matching. 
Registration fees for Parts I and II: $200 members;
$250 non-members 

Friday, October 05, 2007  Advanced Digital Capture
Systems And Imaging Techniques, Part II (10:00AM -
12:30PM)

Site Visit to Digital Transitions, Inc. 
Part II of the course is an on-site visit to the
offices of Digital Transitions, Inc. at 35 West 35th
Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10001. 
On the visit participants will get to see
demonstrations of a large array of state-of-the-art
digital capture equipment and lighting systems. 
Registration fees for Parts I and II: $200 members;
$250 non-members

Tuesday, October 09, 2007  Understanding And
Implementing EAD (10:00AM - 4:00PM)

Presented by Tom Frusciano, University Archivist for
Rutgers University. 
This workshop is designed for those who want to learn
the basics of how to develop electronic finding aids
for archival collections. Participants will get an
introduction to the history and development of Encoded
Archival Description (EAD) and will have the
opportunity to create a finding aid using authoring
tools and software. The course will touch upon the
development of the EAD DTD, SGML/XLM vs. HTML, EAD
structure and encoding issues, EAD-XML to HTML using
XSLT and search and retrieval methods. 
Registration fees: $150 members; $200 non-members 

Tuesday, October 16, 2007  Community Forum:
Introduction To OpenCollection (1:00PM - 4:00PM)

Presented by Seth Kaufman, founder of Whirl-i-Gig, and
Megan Forbes, Manager of Collection Information and
Access at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. 
This presentation is for those who are interested in
collections management systems that are open sourced,
thus freely available for download and implementation.
OpenCollection is the product of collaboration between
the Museum of the Moving Image and Whirl-I-Gig to
produce a full-featured collections management and
access application for museums, photo and moving-image
archives and digital collections. It is designed to
handle large, heterogeneous collections that have
complex cataloguing requirements and require support
for a range of metadata and media formats. 
Unlike other collections management applications, Open
Collection is a true web-application. All cataloging,
search and administrative functions are accessible via
the Internet using common web-browser software, making
cataloguing by distributed teams and online access to
collections information simple, efficient and
inexpensive. 
Support for the development of Open Collection has
been provided by the Institute of Museum and Library
Services and the New York State Council on the Arts. 
Registration fees: $10 member & nonmembers

Friday, November 09, 2007  Digital Imaging For
Libraries: Capture, Analysis And Quality Control
(10:00AM - 4:00PM)

Presented by Ray Murray, the Digital Conversion
Specialist at the Library of Congress.
Participants will be provided with an overview of how
to determine what digital capture and conversion
requirements are necessary and then be shown how to
best describe proper capture specifications in a
Request for Proposals or to instruct in-house scanning
technicians on how to proceed.
Participants will have a walk through on how to
analyze and review digital images produced by vendors
or by in-house staff using specific examples. The use
of targets for determining tonal distribution, color
accuracy, resolution and noise levels will be
discussed. Other areas covered will be creating and
managing administrative metadata, proper documentation
of the conversion process, and establishment of a
quality control workflow.
Registration fees: $150 members; $200 non-members

Wednesday, November 14, 2007Basic Color Management In
Practice: Calibration, Configuration And Control
(10:00AM - 4:00PM)

Presented by Michael Bevans, partner and digital image
software developer for Tribeca Imaging Labs, Inc., New
York. 
The emphasis in this course will be on basic color
management of computer and imaging equipment. The
principles of color and color space in a digital
environment will be discussed. Software used for
calibrating and creating profiles for monitors and
scanners will be demonstrated. Scanning targets for
capture accuracy and evaluation will be displayed and
discussed. Putting color management to practice will
follow, including imbedding color profiles, white
point and color temperature settings. Ambient light
levels and other environmental workspace factors
related to ISO 3664:2000 will be detailed so that
participants may judge and color accuracy of image
files by matching them with the original materials. 
Registration fees: $150 members; $200 non-members 

Friday, December 07, 2007   Teaching And Learning With
Digital Images (10:00AM - 4:00PM)

Presented by Elisa Lanzi, Director of the Imaging
Center at Smith College. 
This workshop offers an opportunity for participants
to examine issues and practices surrounding digital
image use in teaching and learning. Focus will be on
the pedagogical application of images in humanities
teaching at colleges and universities. Issues related
to image services for patrons, collaboration among
disciplines and administrative units, and copyright
will also be discussed. The workshop will include
real-life examples, presentations, exercises, and
moderated group discussions. 
Registration fees: $150 members; $200 non-members 

Anthony Troncale, Digital Library Consulting
140 Seventh Avenue Suite #3C
New York, NY 10011
212-463-7947 office,   646-645-7947 cell
atroncale at yahoo.com
http://home.nyc.rr.com/atron/ATConsulting.html

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