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<b>DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Foundations for Digital Collections Online Course<br>
</b>November 18-20, 2025 (3-half days, online)</div>
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Course page: <b><a data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAfd536252-dd65-ee5d-2611-1b3b3f09767c" href="https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/digital-directions-2025">https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/digital-directions-2025</a></b></div>
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Join the Northeast Document Conservation Center for a comprehensive overview of digital preservation, presented by information professionals with deep experience in the preservation of cultural heritage materials. During three half-days of live, interactive,
online training, you will learn foundational concepts, good practices, and practical strategies for managing digital collections, and you’ll gain confidence in decision-making for the preservation of your digital assets.</div>
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<b>Visit the course page for agenda details, faculty bios, registration, and logistics.</b></div>
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Topics include:</b></div>
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key concepts and terminology in digital preservation</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr;">
building a digital project</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr;">
metadata</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr;">
copyright</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr;">
digital preservation tools </li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; direction: ltr;">
special considerations for audiovisual and born-digital materials</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">
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<b>Who Should Attend?</b></div>
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Are you just getting started in digitization and digital preservation? Trying to bring several digital projects together into a cohesive digital preservation program? Or are you well into a digital collections project and need a refresher on the latest standards
and best practices? </div>
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Digital Directions is geared toward professionals and volunteers working with digital collections at small- to mid-sized archives, libraries, museums, historical organizations, government agencies, corporate archives, and other organizations that steward digital
collections.</div>
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<b>Discounts and Funding</b><br>
Students are also welcome, and a discounted student registration rate is available. <br>
DPOE-N microgrants have been used to pay for registration. Learn more: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA9df3f6da-f8f5-b458-3dd9-11a894e60e3d" href="https://www.dpoe.network/professional-development-support/">
https://www.dpoe.network/professional-development-support/</a></div>
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<b>Ryn Marchese</b></div>
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Marketing Manager</div>
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Northeast Document Conservation Center</div>
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nedcc.org | 978-470-1010</div>
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