School for Scanning, The Hague, 16-18 October 2002

[Anne Muller <ECPA _at__ bureau.knaw.nl>]

---Apologies for cross posting---

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) announces an 
International Conference
School for Scanning: Creating, Managing, and Preserving Digital Assets
The Hague, The Netherlands

October 16-18, 2002
Koninklijke Bibliotheek - The National Library of the Netherlands,
The Hague, The Netherlands

The conference, which will be presented entirely in English, is funded in 
part by The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the 
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC).  It  is co-sponsored by the European 
Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) and the Koninklijke 
Bibliotheek - The National Library of the Netherlands (KB).

What is the School for Scanning?
This conference provides current and essential information for collections 
managers who are seeking to create, manage, and preserve digital assets. 
Participants will leave the conference better equipped to make informed 
choices regarding management of their digital projects.  Although 
significant technical content will be presented, this is not a 
technician-training program.

Conference content will include:
  Envisioning Our Digital Future
  Quality
  Control & Costs
  Copyright & Other Legal Issues
  Content Selection for Digitization
  Metadata
  Digital Asset Management
  Standards
  Digital Longevity & Preservation
  Text & Image Digitization

Who Should Attend?
Administrators within cultural institutions, as well as librarians, 
archivists, curators, and other cultural or natural resource managers 
dealing with paper-based collections, including photographs, will find the 
School for Scanning conference highly relevant and worthwhile. The 
complexion of this conference evolves with the technology.  Although an 
audience of 150+ attendees is expected, the number of North American 
participants will be limited to 20.

Registration information and a detailed agenda can be found at NEDCC's 
Website at http://www.nedcc.org/hague/hague1.htm .
During the lunch breaks on Wednesday and Thursday there will be product 
presentations by
Strata Preservation N.V., Van Buuren, X-cago B.V., and Mobiel Scan. Guided 
tours of the conference venue will also be organized during these breaks.

Registration Fee
$350.00 USD (approximately ?385) for "early" registration*
$435.00 USD (approximately ? 470) for "late" registration**

* "early" registration:  registration form and payment must be received by 
NEDCC on or
before September 6, 2002.
** "late" registration:  registration form and payment must be received by 
NEDCC between
September 7 and September 20, 2002.

Questions specifically concerning registration procedures and information 
should be directed to Ginny Hughes at ghughes _at__ nedcc.org.


European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
P.O. Box 19121, NL-1000 GC  Amsterdam,
visiting address: Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, NL-1011 JV  Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
tel. ++31 - 20 - 551 08 39   fax  ++31 - 20 - 620 49 41
URL: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/