Building a Departmental Image Collection

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Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30

Aim

This course will provide you with a hands-on experience of creating, managing and delivering a departmental image collection. You will acquire the foundation knowledge required to make well informed decisions about building an image library. You will also have the opportunity to discuss and share information with people from the HE/FE/Cultural sector facing similar issues in order to help you develop practical solutions.

Audience

This workshop is aimed at those considering building an image collection, especially academics, librarians or technicians. You will not need any prior experience of building image collections but some reading and research prior to the workshop will be required.

Content

• Planning a departmental image collection
• Preparing your images for inclusion in the collection
• Metadata: methods and standards for describing images
• File management considerations
• Using a system to manage and deliver your collection (Extensis Portfolio 8.5 will be used as an example)

Workshop dates and locations

• Tuesday 19 October 2010
  Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30
  ILRT, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1HH
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