ILLINOIS DIGITIZATION INSTITUTE DIGITIZATION FUNDAMENTALS WORKSHOPS The Illinois Digitization Institute is now offering two-day workshops on digital imaging for cultural heritage institutions. The workshops will include a mixture of classroom training and hands-on work covering the basics of digitization, including project planning, equipment selection, what digital images are, metadata, and more. Hands-on activities will ensure that participants are familiar with digitization concepts such as bit depth, resolution, and metadata creation. We will also do hands-on image capture using scanners and digital cameras, learn more about how to use optical character recognition software, and create metadata using CONTENTdm, a digital asset management system. Participants are encouraged to bring a few items from their own collections to use. The following topics will be addressed: • Digital image basics • How to plan successful and sustainable projects • Professional standards for digital images • Equipment choices • Using scanners and digital cameras to capture your images (hands-on) • The basics of using Adobe Photoshop Elements (hands-on) • Metadata schemes and creating metadata in CONTENTdm (hands-on) • Creating searchable text from scanned images using Optical Character Recognition (hands-on) The registration fee: $95.00 per person, plus travel expenses and lunch on your own both days Workshop dates and locations: · July 20–21, 2006 at the Illinois State Library in Springfield, IL · August 17–18, 2006 at the Illinois State Library in Springfield, IL Space is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so please register as soon as possible! If you cannot attend this workshop you may be interested in other workshops and online training courses offered by the IDI. To register for a workshop or for more information about other digitization training opportunities, please check the IDI website at <http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/IDI>http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/IDI or contact: Patricia L. Miller, Executive Director Illinois Heritage Association Phone: (217) 359-5600 / Fax: 877-271-5871 E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[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]>