** Being cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication ** A DIGITIZATION EXPO will be held in the Buffalo area on May 24. This EXPO will include presentations from successful, world-class digitization projects. Presentations will be given by: * Ohio Historical Society (Ohio Memory) * Syracuse University (Digital projects in Special Collections) * Rochester Public Library (Rochester Images & Rochester City Directories) * New York State Archives (Erie Canal Time Machine and others) * University at Buffalo (UBdigit) The projects have been digitizing books automatically, creating online scrapbooks, building collaborative efforts, and digitizing archival/special collections. In addition to these presentations, you will be able to talk to companies that provide: * Manual scanning equipment including patron-friendly machines * Automated book scanners * Digitization/scanning services including microfilm scanning * Content management software The DIGITIZATION EXPO is FREE and open to the public. ************************************************** Western NY Library Resources Council (WNYLRC) DIGITIZATION EXPO Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3 p.m. Location: WNY Event Centre 11163 Main Street, Clarence, NY http://www.EventCentre.net Cost: Free. Registration: Attendees are encouraged to register to ensure that vendors and speakers bring the proper number of handouts. Online registration is available at http://www.wnylrc.org/calendar/current.htm#May24 Audience: Librarians, museum curators, archivists & record managers. This event is supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. 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]>