The D-Word: tips and tricks for digitising library and archive collections

The D-Word: tips and tricks for digitising library and archive collections

MLAG Conference 2015 #mlag15

Friday 24th April 2015

Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE

This one-day conference is organised by MLAG (Museum Librarians and

Archivists Group) http://www.mlagblog.org/, a network of archivists

and librarians working in museums and galleries throughout the UK.

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

* case studies from museums and art galleries who have begun digitising

their collections, and highlight particular areas of interest or

successes in these projects

The conference will include presentations, poster sessions and a panel

discussion as well as tours of the Internet Archive digitisation suite

(numbers for the tours are strictly limited and must be booked in advance).

Tickets are priced at £15 and all are welcome, please see the link below

for the full programme and ticketing information:

http://www.wellcomecollection.org/events/d-word-tips-and-tricks-digitising-library-and-archive-collections

http://mlagblog.org/

@MLAGuk

Call for speakers/poster sessions for the Museum Librarians and Archivists Group (MLAG) Conference 2015

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:

_jane.bramwell@tate.org_ 

Melanie Grant. Acquisition Services Manager, Wellcome Library:

_m.grant@wellcome.ac.uk_ 

11th annual ebooks conference announced

'Ebooks Unbound' takes place in Glasgow at the National Piping Centre on Thursday 27th October and is the 11th annual ebooks conference.

The theme is new business models and this year the programme features Charles Oppenheim, independent consultant in legal matters, the British Library's Nora Daly and Sophie Rochester of the Literary Platform.

As usual the event will be accompanied by a suppler exhibition and earlybird rates are available until 15th September.

You can secure a place on the SLAINTE website information page or book through the lanyrd.com/cdtqh page and add to your Twitter details.

The Multimedia Information Technology Group Scotland (MmITS) is sponsoring two places for a CILIP Chartership candidate studying under the supervision of a Scottish library and information sector

institution. The cost of the conference fees and travel expenses within Scotland will be met. The successful candidate will be expected to produce a report on the Conference.

Applications, including a supporting statement, should be made by emailing Paulette Hill, MmITS Treasurer, at

Paulette.Hill@scotland.gsi.gov.uk with your full contact details by the deadline of 23rd September 2011.

Wildering Phantasies: an Interdisciplinary Conference

Wildering Phantasies: an Interdisciplinary Conference devoted to the Pre-Raphaelites will take place on 7-10 July 2011 , at the D'Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, University of Dundee, and will bring together researchers from a range of backgrounds to explore the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and assess their legacy across several media.

It includes an exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, with sketches taken from Dundee University's own holdings and the surrounding area. In addition, there will be an opportunity to see D.G. Rossetti's Dante's Dream, the finest Pre-Raphaelite painting in Scotland, works by Millais and Joseph Paton at the newly renovated McManus Gallery as well as other Pre-Raphaelite gems, including the recently restored St. Salvador's church, designed by George Fredrick Bodley