Subject: ALCTS webinar: The Art of Scanning (August 24, 2011)
From: "Spidal, Debra" <dspidal_at_wsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:57:53 +0000
*Apologies in advance for multiple postings.*
ALCTS webinar: The Art of Scanning
Date: August 24, 2011
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.
Description: Scanning is not so much an art as it is a craft. This
webinar offers practical advice based on actual experience gained in
scanning published and original material to create PDF files of
documents for deposit or publication in the institutional repository.
Information about equipment and software will be offered with an
emphasis on the Adobe Creative Suite: Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and InDesign.
Learning Outcomes:
Attendees receive information on how to:
* make high-quality digital files (pdf) from hard copy originals
* use Adobe software in preparing documents for an IR
Who should attend: Digital librarians, IR managers, digitization
workers, anyone with an interest in learning how to produce high-quality
digital files.
Presenter: Paul Royster is the manager of UNL Digital Commons, the
institutional repository at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, one of
the nation's largest IRs.
Paul received his PhD from Columbia University in English and
Comparative Literature and had a successful career in publishing before
joining the UNL library faculty as the Coordinator for Scholarly
Communication.
Paul is a frequent presenter on topics related to managing and enhancing
institutional repositories and has authored or edited material on a
variety of other subjects.
For additional information on Paul and his areas of interest, see:
http://www.unl.edu/libr/liaison/facultysites/roysterPaul/proysterCV.pdf
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For additional information, pricing options, or to complete the online
registration form, go to
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/irs/082411.cfm
and select the session you would like to attend.
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the
recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration_at_ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese,
ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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