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Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections

July, 21-23, 2013
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

Join a faculty of national experts, experienced digital collections curators, and colleagues from institutions large and small as we come together for 2½ days of exploration and discussion to identify new answers and opportunities for long-standing challenges, considerations, and choices surrounding today's digital collections care.

Continuing the conference's long-standing focus on the creation of good digital objects, collections, and initiatives, Digital Directions 2013’s “Course of Study” will include:

KEYNOTE SESSIONS from distinguished leaders in the field, discussing where we are today and where we are going next in our digital collections care activities.

FOUNDATION SESSIONS offering insights on both established and new tools and technologies for creation, capture, management, and use of digital collections, both digitized and born digital.

FOCUS SESSIONS exploring standards and best practices, capture and metadata workflows, management tools, and discovery and access interfaces for everything from images and documents, to multimedia collections 
and data sets.

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES throughout the conference’s program and online through NEDCC’s EdSpace learning management system and social media sites.

EXHIBITORSchosen to showcase the products and services that can best support your digital collections care needs and challenges.

Course Format: On site
Address: 911 North University Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109
 
Duration: 2 1/2 Days
Audience Category: Management (Planning)
Level: Basic
Instructor(s): National Experts
Maximum Attendees:
 
Cost Range: $450-550
Provider: Northeast Document Conservation Center
Sponsored by: Northeast Document Conservation Center

Course Website (external link)

This information is provided as a convenience for informational purposes only; it does not constitute an endorsement by the Library of Congress.