This introductory class will include overviews of file formats, migration and access of digital materials as well as preservation.

Is your institution embarking on a digitization project? Have you been accessioning digital collections, but want to make sure that you are prepared to handle the long-term preservation needs that are specific to these digital items? This two hour class will present strategies for maintaining long term access to your digital collections and a discussion of key principles for the creation, maintenance, and preservation.

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify strategies to preserve access to your digital collections
  
• Recognize file formats and media
  
• Identify criteria for a selection of materials for digitizations
  
• Analyze storage and handling requirements of analog and digital collections
  

This class will be held in the Lyrasis Adobe Connect meeting room. Log-in information will be emailed approximately one week before the course.

Presented by: Leigh Grinstead, Lyrasis

Registration deadline:  04/01/2015

Staff from Florida libraries may register for this workshop at no charge. Priority will be given to SEFLIN members. Non-members will be placed on a waiting list and added as space permits after the registration deadline.

Non-Member Registration Form