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21 MAR
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Waiter there's a fly in my microchip
A Dayschool on the Dos and Don'ts of Digitization |
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GREATER MANCHESTER COUNTY RECORD OFFICE |
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t 0161 819 4705
f 0161 839 3808 |
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Greater Manchester County Record Office and Photographic Collections
Network.
Digitization is now a primary activity for many organizations in the
heritage sector and is seen as a cornerstone in improving access to
collections. But it is far more complex than it may initially appear.
This course will explain where those complexities lie and how they can be
overcome. Experienced professionals will give guidance on how to approach
the planning of a project and how to deal with the legal complexities of
copyright and data protection legalisation. The dayschool will also
include case studies to highlight some of the practical uses of
digitization. This course will be of benefit to anyone involved in the
heritage sector who is considering or involved in digitization projects,
particularly those involving images.
Venue: Greater Manchester County Record Office, 56 Marshall St, Manchester.
Cost: £70.
Outline
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00 Introduction
10.00-11.00 Quality Project Management for Digitization Projects. Shigeaki Iwai,
Consultant, Higher Education Digitization Service.
The key to any successful project is good management. Shigeaki will
explain how to approach digitization at the outset ensuring a
well-structured approach and practical monitoring of the project as it
progresses.
11.00-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.15 Using Digitization in a Public Service. Richard Bond, Local Studies
Librarian, Manchester Archives and Local Studies Unit, Manchester Central Library.
Manchester City Archives was one of the first local government archive
services to create a significant resource of digital images. Richard Bond
will explain how this project was approached and how the resulting
resources have been exploited.
12.15-1.15 Copyright and digitization. Tim Padfield, Copyright Officer, the
Public Record Office.
If copyright was a minefield before the microchip then digitization has
merely multiplied the dangers! International rights, rights within
digitized material, obtaining rights before digitization - the list is
endless. Tim will outline how copyright law affects digitization projects
and what you need to do to stay within the law.
1.15-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.00 Digitization and the Data Protection Act. Rosamund Cummings, Records
Manager and Data Protection Officer, University College London.
Data protection legislation is fairly new on the statute books yet very far
reaching, governing all aspects of handling personal data relating to
living individuals. Such data can reside in formats such as images and
sound recordings as well as the written word. Rosemary will explain the
nature of the law and how it could impinge on digitization projects as well
as giving guidance on how to remain legal!
3.00-3.15 Tea
3.15-4.15 Here's one I made earlier. Amanda Draper, Photographic Curator, Museum
of Science and Industry in Manchester.
You've read the books, your collections are waiting, you've got the funding
- but what do you actually want to achieve with your project. To help you
formulate your ideas Amanda will explain the digital image projects she has
undertaken with a particular emphasis on their outcomes and how they have
enabled exploitation of the collections.
4.15-4.30 Questions and Close.
Details: Elizabeth Oxborrow-Cowan, Greater Manchester County Record Office, 56 Marshall Street, Manchester M4 5FU
e-mail eoc@gmcro.co.uk
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