Focused upon delivering digital resources and digitisation (the conversion to digital formats) this one day course will inform managers and project staff about how to approach digital projects.
Starting with effective project management through fundraising and budgeting/costing issues the course will offer real life examples and tools to enable effective management. The afternoon will focus upon writing requirement specifications, tendering and selecting service providers. The course will encourage discussion, questions and debate plus provide a structured environment to learn about the management tools of the digital project trade.
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Presented in association with Naomi Korn, copyright consultant.
Copyright is a current and important topic for many organisations, particularly
those that are considering digitising and delivering digital content in order
to make sure that their rights are not infringed upon and their assets are fully exploited. This all-day course will focus upon participant's experiences
and case studies. It will encourage group work and discussion around key areas,
whilst focussing on current topics and real world digital issues. This course
will appeal to everyone currently digitising content or thinking of embarking
on a digital project who wishes to learn more about rights issues. Participants
are invited to bring case studies and outlines of current projects to the
session.
By the end of the day, participants will:
Naomi Korn is an experienced trainer and consultant, specialising in copyright, IPR, licencing and digital rights management. She has worked for many years with museums, galleries, archives, libraries and the higher/further education sector. She was the former copyright officer at the Tate and has contributed to many international projects. She is currently MDA's IP Officer and chair of MDA's IP Advisory Committee for Collections. See Naomi's website for more information.
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This course will be suitable for anyone wishing to learn more about colour management and how to apply it within a digital image environment or digitisation project. It will emphasize the management element of "colour management" and so will be of interest to project staff, managers and technical staff alike. The National Gallery will give a demonstration and talk about their method of colour management.
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The Digital Preservation training day will address the key management issues relating to the effective utilization of resources to achieve a sustainable digital preservation strategy.
The course will include modules on:
During this one day course there will be a series of mini-exercises so that by the end of the day each delegate will be able to present a structured justification for their digital preservation strategy.
Heritage and memory organizations are increasingly engaging in many different kinds of digital projects large and small. These projects often need to be funded from outside sources, at least in the early stages, as it is difficult to create new funding streams for new initiatives. This workshop will address some of the key issues in planning and costing digital projects, identifying funders, writing grant proposals, and will discuss some of the major sources of funding available to not-for-profit organisations.
Topics covered in this training day include:
The long-term sustainability of digital resources is a problem in a world where projects are conceived of as short-term activities and where funders have limited resources to commit beyond initial development phases. Regular updating and upgrading is inevitable, and hardware and software must be replaced regularly if a resource is to grow and thrive. This course will identify the key issues in developing a sustainability plan including what to sustain (resource, people and/or activity), various revenue models and finding your market niche for future funding.
Topics covered in this training day include:
This course will focus upon introducing methods and means of digitising textual resources and then how they may be delivered online.
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Please contact us if you would like us to run these again or to tailor them for your specific requirements.
This free 1/2 day event will introduce the results of recent study into rights and reproduction charging models for digital images in art museums. The results from a UK/European study are analysed in the context of a new study of USA art museums by KDCS (more). Over 125 museums have been surveyed in total and 35 interviewed in depth.
This morning event will explore the cost and policy models adapted by art museums in arriving at pricing structures for delivering imaging and rights services. It examines the new market realities and opportunities cultural institutions face due to the transition to digital collections. Participants are encouraged to engage in debate and to discuss their own experiences.
This event will start at 9:30 and finish at 11:45 with morning beverages (no lunch). Booking is essential as only 25 places are available.
Seventy percent of all audiovisual material is under immediate threat of deterioration, damage or obsolescence – and seventy percent of collection managers don’t know it. Surveys have found serious shortages of trained staff and equipment, and an even more serious shortage of concerted preservation actions. The immediate needs are: awareness – and help.
This one day course will provide basic information on the problems of audiovisual material, what to do about them – and where to get help and more information. The targets are culture, heritage and academic collections, to focus on a group of people and collections with broadly similar issues and solutions .
Early registration is advised, as numbers will be limited to approximately 25 persons.