Managing Digital Imaging Projects: a New RLG Workshop

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RLG and Preservation
Managing Digital Imaging Projects: an RLG Workshop

In December 1999, RLG wound up its two-year presentation of this workshop with a final event held in Ottawa, Canada, sponsored by the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Library Association, and the Council of Federal Libraries' Library Preservation Committee. The 2-day workshop was designed to assist librarians, archivists, curators, and preservation administrators in managing digital imaging projects. Through lectures, demonstrations, and group exercises, participants learned to:

set realistic goals and objectives
benchmark imaging and indexing requirements
determine necessary technical infrastructure to support imaging and access (hardware, software, network, communication protocols)
prepare budgets (including the use of the RLG Worksheet for Estimating Digital Reformatting Projects)
identify facilities, space, and staffing needs
develop an RFI & RFP from models provided, select vendor(s), prepare a contract for services, and develop on-going relationships
monitor project activities and schedule
establish a quality control program
collaborate with others to provide access to and maintenance of digital collections.
The curriculum was developed for RLG through a contract with Cornell University's Department of Preservation and Conservation. Taught by Anne Kenney, Associate Director of the Department of Preservation and Conservation, Cornell University and Oya Rieger, Digital Projects Librarian, Cornell University.
Workshop participants may purchase a copy of Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives by Anne R. Kenney and Stephen Chapman (Cornell University Library, 1996) for the reduced rate of $50. (Though not required for the workshop, this notebook is a valuable source of information and was recommended reading for the course.)
If you have questions about the MDIP workshop, please contact Fran Devlin (650-691-2239).
Find more at the digital preservation initiative home page.

Last updated 24 January 2000

This site was frozen in 2004 and is now out of date. Please go to RLG's current Web site for all information. Questions? Contact us.
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