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Mississippi Digitization Workshop



Digitization and its Discontents: Providing Electronic Access to Primary Source Materials in Mississippi

Presented by: The Society of Mississippi Archivists and the Mississippi Library Association Special Collections Roundtable.

Date: July 26, 2002 (Friday)

Location: The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries, Hattiesburg, MS

Cost: $15

Audience: Archives and Special Collections personnel.

Program:

The Society for Mississippi Archivists and MLA?s Special Collections Roundtable is offering a ?digitization day? that is part workshop, part presentation, part town-hall meeting. Many of us may be lost in the letters of EAD, XML, DTD, and TEI with only a vague notion of how they relate to a box and folder list, a letter, or an oral history. Others may have a firm grip on how digitization works, but are curious about what is right for their program. We are offering a one day intensive walk-through of the basic digitization process, with ample time for questions and discussion.

Participants will observe digitization in action, perform hands-on tasks in the digitization lab and mark-up finding aids in small group demonstrations. In morning and afternoon discussion periods, registrants will have the opportunity to ask questions and talk with colleagues about electronic access issues. A lunch will be provided.

The nature of the activities requires that we limit registration to twenty, so sign up soon and reserve your spot. 


Peggy M. Price
Special Collections Librarian
Peggy.Price@usm.edu

The University of Southern Mississippi
McCain Library & Archives
Box 5148
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5148

Phone   601.266.4347
Fax     601.266.6269
Web     Http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol