The following announcement is reposted from the Conservation Discussion List
for your information.
Iona McCraith
AAO Preservation Consultant
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Digitization for Cultural and Heritage Professionals 2003

The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill in conjunction with the Humanities Advanced Technology
and Information Institute, University of Glasgow, and Rice University's
Fondren Library is pleased to announce the fourth Digitization for Cultural
and Heritage Professionals course, May 11-16, 2003. The course ran at Rice
University, Houston in 2000 and 2001 and at UNC-Chapel Hill in March of
2002. Full information, course details, and an online registration form can
be found at <URL:http://www.ils.unc.edu/DCHP/>.

The one-week intensive course will consist of lectures; seminars; lab-based
practicals (offering both guided tuition, as well as an opportunity for
individual practice) and visits to the UNC and Duke University libraries.
The teaching team includes Drs. Seamus Ross and Ian Anderson from Glasgow,
Dr. Helen Tibbo from UNC-CH, Dr. Lisa Spiro from Rice University, Dr. Paul
Conway from Duke University, and Steven Weiss, head of UNC-CH's Southern
Folklife Collection.

Enrollment is limited on the course, so please register early to confirm a
place.

Costs, Registration, and Deadlines: Course Fees (including study materials,
mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks, not including
accommodation):

    *   Advanced booking price: $675 (if a place is booked and the course
fees are paid by March 1, 2003).

    *   Normal price: $775 (if a place is booked and the course fees are
paid after March 1, 2003)

Please register online at: <URL:http://www.ils.unc.edu/DCHP/> or for
registration questions, contact:

    Ms. Ann Lambson
    School of Information and Library Science
    Manning Hall CB#3360
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
    919 963 8366
    Fax: 919 962 8071
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For course content questions, contact:

    Dr. Helen R. Tibbo
    School of Information and Library Science
    Manning Hall CB#3360
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
    919 962 8063
    Fax: 919 962 8071
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