Planning and Managing a Digital Collections Project
Instructor: Dinah Handel, Stanford University
Level: Introductory
Duration: 2 hours, with a 15 minute break
Date: Wednesday, 01 June
Time:
    New York: 12:45 – 15:00
    Paris: 18:45 - 21:00

Benefits:
This course enables the attendee to:

• Come away with concrete skills and new approaches to ensure that digital projects of any size are completed on deadline and without issues.
• Learn specific tools that assist with project management and digital projects.

Course Description: All library initiatives benefit from planning and structure, whether you're organizing an outsourced, grant-funded digitization project or an internal digital collections initiative that includes digitization, descriptive metadata creation, and an online exhibit. The course  includes exercises to help participants determine the scope of a digital project, write a project plan or charter, and develop a close-out plan for when your project reaches its end. Every participant will likely come with both something to learn and something to contribute and to that end, we will share and collaborate at various points during the course.

Intended Audience: Project managers of all skill-levels are welcome, although the content is geared towards beginners and those with some familiarity in managing a digital project.

Dinah Handel is the digitization services manager at Stanford University, where she works across their digitization program to provide quality services to Stanford University patrons and the community at large. Previously, she was the mass digitization coordinator at the New York Public Library, and was an NDSR-NY resident at CUNY TV. She has also worked on community archives projects in New York and San Francisco. She holds an MLIS from Pratt Institute in New York, and a BA from Hampshire College.

Cost:
Member $ 85
Non Member $ 95
Student $ 45

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