The NEW School for Scanning: Digital Directions -- Deadline Extended

Emails and blog posts about this event have been circulating since January. Originally named the School for Scanning, the event was renamed this year to Digital Directions. Name changes can be difficult, because people may look for the old name and not recognize the new one. NEDCC has promoted this event heavily and I hope people are aware that this Digital Directions is indeed the School for Scanning that has trained many people over the years.

Speakers at this three-day event include familiar names such as:

• Roy Tennant
• Tom Clareson
• Peter Hirtle
• Liz Bishoff
• Robin Dale
  

Participating vendors/exhibitors currently include:

• Backstage Library Works
• Boston Photo Imaging
• Boston Systems and Solutions / LeftHand Networks
• Extensis
• Historical Information Gatherers
• Inception Technologies
• Northern Micrographics
• OCLC
• Sinar Bron Imaging
• SOLINET
• UNICOR

The event is being held in Jacksonville, FL at a hotel on the intercoastal waterway. The site is also minutes from beaches on the Atlantic Ocean.

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: FRIDAY, MAY 30
REGISTER ONLINE: www.nedcc.org

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The NEW School for Scanning. . .
DIGITAL DIRECTIONS:
Fundamentals of Creating
and Managing Digital Collections

June 10 - 12, 2008
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
Jacksonville, Florida

A conference presented by the
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)
Co-sponsored by SOLINET

IF YOU ARE EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT DIGITIZATION BASICS, selection of hardware and software, and planning and managing digital projects, the Digital Directions conference is for you!

DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATING AND MANAGING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS is an updated version of NEDCC's School for Scanning, which was first presented in 1995. This popular conference has kept up with evolving standards and practices over the years, and the new name reflects its expanded content, which now encompasses the full life-cycle of digital objects, from planning to creation to sustainability.

CONFERENCE TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: Planning a digital project; selection for digitization; metadata; outsourcing and vendor relations; copyright and rights management; standards and best practices; and digital disaster planning.

CONFERENCE COST: $625

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 30, 2008
*Please note* If you are paying by institution or personal check, your registration form and check must arrive at NEDCC no later than Friday, May 30, 2008.

DIGITAL DIRECTIONS VENDOR SHOWCASE:
Meet the leading providers of digitization hardware, software, and services to libraries, museums, archives, and other cultural institutions. A great opportunity to ask questions and gather information about a wide range of digital services, new releases, and products currently under development.

IF YOU ARE A VENDOR interested in exhibiting at Digital Directions, go to www.nedcc.org to download the Exhibitor Prospectus, or contact Julie Martin Carlson. jcarlson@nedcc.org.

FOR COMPLETE CONFERENCE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE, go to:
www.nedcc.org

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