[OPLINLIST] Register now for Digital Projects workshop

[Angela O'Neal]

Register now for the Ohio Historical Society's Digital Projects 101 Workshop at the Salem Historical Society! Registrations must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 13. 

Are you considering a digitization project? Not sure where to start?
Salem Historical Society is hosting a Digital Projects 101 Workshop on
Saturday, November 18, 2006 from 9:30 to 3:30. This full-day workshop
covers:

* Planning a digital project
* Selection criteria
* Copyright
* Selecting equipment
* Metadata for digital images
* Online access options
* Funding for digital projects
* Digital Preservation

Participants will come away from the workshop with a broad knowledge of
the components of a digitization project, as well as general plan for a
digital project. Angela O'Neal, Digital Projects Manager at the Ohio
Historical Society will be the instructor for the workshop. She serves
as Project Manager for the Ohio Memory Project and has published
articles on digitization in Library Hi Tech and in the Midwest Archives
Conference newsletter. Angela has presented on digitization topics at
the American Association of State and Local History, the American
Museums Association, and the Society of American Archivists conferences.

The Salem Historical Society is located at 208 South Broadway Ave.
Salem, Ohio. Registration is $60 for OHS/OAHSM members or $75 for
non-members. Lunch and handouts are included. Visit:
http://www.ohiomemory.org/om  to download a registration form.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
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Angela O'Neal
Digital Projects Manager
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Ave.
Columbus, OH 43211
(614) 297-2576

Ohio Historical Society "Connect with the past, create a better future"
View our collections online:
African American Experience in Ohio (dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/)
Ohio Memory (www.ohiomemory.org)
Ohio Pix (www.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix)
Historical Markers (www.remarkableohio.org
War Gardens in Ohio (www.ohiohistory.org/garden)