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Digital Futures Academy: from digitization to delivery (First Announcement) 13th - 17th September 2004 at King's College London. King's College London and OCLC-PICA are pleased to announce that in September 2004 the first Digital Futures Academy will be held in London. Led by experts of international renown, the Digital Futures Academy will focus on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, the Academy is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery. The Academy will cover the following core areas: * Planning and management * Fund raising and sustainability * Copyright * Key technical concepts * Creating and delivering textual resources * Visual and image based resource creation and delivery * Metadata - introduction and implementation * Implementing digital resources * Digital preservation The Academy will aim for no more than 40 delegates and every delegate will have the opportunity to also spend one-to-one time with an Academy leader to discuss issues specific to them. The Academy will issue a certificate of achievement to each delegate. The Academy leaders are: * Simon Tanner - Director of King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London. * Marilyn Deegan - Director of Research Development, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London. * Tom Clareson - Manager, Education & Planning, Digital Collection & Preservation Services Division, OCLC. The Academy leaders have over 40 years of experience in the digital realm between them. Other experts will be invited to speak in their areas of expertise. This is a pre-registration notice to introduce the Academy in its inaugural year and invite interest prior to the registration commencing 1st June 2004. Cost: £750 (excluding VAT and accommodation) Venue: King's College London Dates: 13-17 September 2004 To register interest and to receive a full curriculum and registration form, please e-mail: [log in to unmask] The Digital Futures Academy is a joint venture between King's College London and OCLC-PICA. It is run by King's Digital Consultancy Services and the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Simon Tanner Director, KCL Digital Consultancy Services King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1678 mob: +44 (0)7793 403542 email: [log in to unmask] www.kcl.ac.uk/cch/kdcs/ __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]