Digitization workshop

This looks like a terrific workshop for anyone interested in digitizing collections (which then, of course, should be featured in your museum’s blog!): Digitization and Museums, put on by the American Association of State and Local History.

Details, from the AASLH website:

June 14-16, 2006
Fullerton, CA
Host: Center for Oral and Public History, California State University

July 26-28, 2006
Seattle, WA
Host: Museum of Science and Industry

August 23-25, 2006
Columbus, OH
Host: Ohio Historical Society

Cost: $200 members / $250 nonmembers for all three days; $70 member/$85 nonmember for individual day registrations.

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce archivists, curators,
librarians and other staff from cultural heritage institutions to the
range of issues associated with digitization of primary source
materials. This workshop provides an overview of key issues such as
selection of materials, physical preservation, considerations for
digital imaging, metadata and the resources required for responsible
sustainability of digital collections.

Instructor:
Jill M. Koelling, director of the Collaborative Digitization Project in Colorado and author of Digital Imaging: A Practical Approach.

Items on the agenda include, among others, defining an audience, legal issues, funding options, image capture, digital imaging hardware, and creating metadata records. There will be hands-on exercises included with the instruction.