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Workshop F Catherine Bonser ( OCLC PICA): From the cradle to the grave: The digital life cycle
OCLC PICA Digital & Preservation Resources provide libraries with the flexibility to preserve and manage digital collections via microfilming, digitising, collection management tools and archiving services. This introductory workshop provides an overview of the issues to be considered when planning a digitisation project. It is aimed at information professionals and archivists working in all types of cultural institutions who are taking their first steps down the digital creation path. Agenda
Introduction – Who is OCLC PICA? Environmental Scan/Trends A report to identify and describe issues and trends that are impacting and will impact OCLC PICA, libraries, museums, and archives. Identifying the main patterns in the information landscape and to suggest some implications for its future. Creation Strata and Preservation Resources, Bethlehem Strata Preservation N.V. focuses on microfilming and digitising the vulnerable and unique collections of European cultural heritage institutions to make them more accessible. Whilst OCLC's main Preservation Service Centre, is based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania . Access Olive: Digital collection management for newspapers and other formats that preserves cultural context while providing powerful indexing and searching. CONTENTdm: CONTENTdm provides tools to organise, manage, publish and search digital collections on the Web. Metadata creation: Making your collections visible to potential users via relevant metadata. Preservation Digital archive: The Digital Archive offers a safe, reliable, standards-based, long-term solution for the life cycle management of digital collections. |
     
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Last revised: June 12th 2005. |