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Proposals are invited for the MLAG Conference 2015 presentations and poster sessions:
To be held on Friday 24th April 2015 at the Henry
Wellcome Auditorium,
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK.
*The D-Word: tips and tricks for digitising library and
archive collections *
Providing online access to library and archive
collections has never been more important for promoting and increasing
awareness to our hidden treasures. At this conference we want to explore:
* How museums and
art galleries can start the digitisation process and demystify the
often complex world of digitisation, no matter what your budget
* Provide case
studies from museums and art galleries who have begun digitising
their collections, and highlight particular areas of interest or
successes in these projects
You are invited to submit proposals for presentations or
poster sessions. Proposals must be no longer than *250 words*.
Proposals must be submitted by the end of *Friday 9th January 2015*.
Selected
participants will be contacted by the end of January.
In your submission please include:
1. Title
2. Synopsis
3. Indicate
whether you would like to do a presentation, poster session, or
both.
4. If you would
like to present please indicate how much time you would require (we are
currently working on offering 20 or 40 min slots, but can be
flexible with this).
Areas of interest are:
1. How to get
funding
2. Digital
preservation
3. Copyright
4. Technical
processes – i.e. image capture, metadata creation
5. Collaboration
with other organisations
6. Working with
volunteers
7. Crowdsourcing
8. Producing
guidelines and workflows
9. Learning and
outreach
10. Evaluation
11. Marketing
Presentations should give some context for the project
and the collections they are digitising, but focus more on the
practical side of projects.
Poster sessions are an opportunity to showcase relevant
projects in an informal setting, giving attendees the opportunity to ask
questions.
Participants will be chosen according to demonstrating
one area of interest particularly well.
*Please submit your proposal via email to both:*
Jane Bramwell. Head of Library and Archive, Tate:
Melanie Grant. Acquisition Services Manager, Wellcome
Library:
