PLEASE EXCUSE ANY CROSS-POSTINGS Hello, For those of you who are planning to attend the Society of California Archivists Annual General Meeting in San Francisco, from April 27-29, 2006, as well as to those of you who are not, please be aware of two continuing education opportunities prior to this meeting that you won't want to miss. Both of these will be offered as pre-conference workshops on Thursday, April 27, at the Stanford Court Hotel, and registration at the conference is not necessary to attend: 1. BUILDING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS: Offered by the Society of American Archivists. Are you responsible for planning and implementing digitization projects at the beginning and intermediate level? Before you begin, it's important to understand the concepts and strategies that are essential to successful implementation of your collection development or access project. Rather than a technical how-to, this seminar provides an overview of basic decisions you must make before you start and while you are developing digital collections and a digital collection repository program. This seminar will discuss these basic questions: Why digitize? What to digitize? How to digitize? Who should be digitizing? What next? Designed for archivists and others who are responsible for planning and implementing digitization projects at the beginning and intermediate level, this seminar will also explore selection criteria for digital projects; developing workflow models; and estimating the cost and resource needs for digital projects. Case studies, real-world examples, and citations to published resources are presented in a format that allows time for questions, interaction and discussion. Workshop presenters are Greg Colati, Head of Special Collections at George Washington University and Jessica Branco, of the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution. The registration fee is $145 for SAA members and $215 for non-members, with a discount for the latter group available only through SCA's website. 2. PRESERVATION OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, Presented by Amigos Library Services. This full-day course covers the diverse group of materials and formats collectively known as audiovisual media: videotapes, audiotapes, motion picture films and film strips, LPs, CDs, and CD-ROMs. Participants are taught the various causes of damage and deterioration to audiovisual materials, and ways to minimize damage through proper storage, care, and handling. Identification of different formats, repair and reformatting options, and security of audiovisual media are also addressed. This course will be taught by Rebecca Elder, a book and paper conservator with extensive experience, who is based in Austin, Texas. The registration fee for this workshop is $60 for SCA members, and $85 for non-members. For additional information, including registration forms and instructions, please visit the website for the Society of California Archivists at http://www.calarchivists.org/. We hope to see you there!! Brad Bauer Northern California Co-Chair Education Committee Society of California Archivists Brad Bauer Associate Archivist for Collection Development, and Curator, Western European Collections Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6010 tel. (650) 723-3428 e-mail: [log in to unmask] A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>