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New workshop - Digitising Analogue Audio Resources, 15th December 2009

Posted by Joel Eaton on Monday 17 August 2009 at 9:02am
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A new addition to next terms training timetable is Digitising Analogue Audio, a full-day hands on introductory workshop covering the essential aspects of digitising audio resources to archival standards. Starting on th 15th of December 2009.

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Overview

To meet the increasing trend in libraries, archives and institutions to digitise their existing analogue collections, this course aims to provide a complete introduction to the theory and practicalities of successfully digitising analogue audio resources. The workshop will provide hands-on tuition alongside theoretical knowledge and group discussions of topics surrounding the digital lifecycle, in a digitisation project based context.

Audience

This course is aimed at departments that wish to begin to digitise their audio collections, including librarians, archivists and support staff. The course is also aimed at project managers wishing to understand the technical aspects of digitisation. It is aimed at those with little or no previous knowledge of the subject area, however a good general understanding of IT is required.

Content

  • Theory of analogue and digital audio
  • Selection and identification of media
  • Equipping and preparing a digitisation system
  • Digital capture and basic editing techniques
  • Quality control issues and standards
  • Digital audio and metadata

For bookings or further enquiries please contact info@jiscdigitialmedia.ac.uk

 

 

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