[Preservenw] Announcing online digital and preservation classes scheduled March through June 2008 from OCLC Western.

[Palmer,Gayle]

Announcing online digital and preservation classes scheduled March
through June 2008 from OCLC Western. 

Classes are open for registration to individuals or staff from
libraries, museums, archives or cultural heritage organizations 

and are priced at $25 per person for Western members and $40 per person
for non-members. To register 

for these sessions go to:
http://www.oclc.org/western/training/subject/preservation.htm
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Funding Digital Projects Webinar    March 12,  May 14

Learn how to prepare a grant proposal and evaluate funding sources for
funding digital collection projects.  

 

Digital Image Quality Webinar       March 26,  May 28

Learn basic-level information on performing scanning, image capture and
quality control activities for digital projects.  

 

Developing and Managing Digital Programs Webinar     April 9,  June 11

Learn basic-level digital project planning, process development, and how
the digital environment affects collection 

development and organizational goals for digital programs.  

 

Preserving Digital Materials Webinar       May 22

An overview of the fundamental issues relating to development of a
preservation strategy for born digital materials 

and use of metadata for preservation.

 

Metadata for Digital Collections Webinar         April 23,  June 25

For noncatalogers, this webinar focuses on using metadata to facilitate
both access to and preservation of 

digital resources. Topics include: review of metadata schema choices,
development of a metadata schema 

model, and using XML to store metadata.

 

The Challenge of Ephemera Webinar
April 25

Discover the significance of printed ephemera--items such as broadsides,
tickets, and cards that form a large 

and often neglected source of historical material for researchers. Learn
strategies for managing, processing, 

and collecting ephemera in the digital era.

 

Additionally, two eight week virtual courses about copyright are offered
beginning April 14, 2008. 

These sessions are priced at $160 Western Members, $215 All Others. 

 

Managing Copyright Issues Virtual Course      April 14-June 6

An 8-week, online course covering how to obtain permission to use
copyright-protected materials, 

how to audit your institution's own copyright-protected assets, and how
to begin to develop a written c

opyright policy. Course developed and conducted by copyright
lawyer/consultant Lesley Ellen Harris.

 

U.S. Copyright Law Virtual Course          April 14-June 6

An 8-week, online course reviewing the complex legislation that is the
U.S. Copyright Act. 

Course developed and conducted by copyright lawyer/consultant Lesley
Ellen Harris.

 
Gayle Palmer
Digital & Preservation Program Manager
OCLC Western Service Center
palmerg at oclc.org
800 854 5753
http://www.oclc.org/western/preservation/default.htm
 
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