ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ February 2004 / 93 P r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s Jane Hedberg Distance lea rn in g : d ig itiz a tio n T h e Illin o is D ig itiz a tio n I n s titu te a t th e U n i­ versity o f Illinois Library at U rb an a-C h am p aig n is o ffe rin g a s u ite o f th r e e w o r k s h o p s a b o u t digital pro jects th a t m ay b e ta k e n se p a ra te ly o r in com b in atio n . Track 1 is a on e-d ay , in -p erso n w o r k s h o p th a t in tro d u c e s th e b a sic s o f p la n ­ n in g a n d im p le m e n ta tio n . T rack 2 is a th re e - w e e k W eb-based distance ed u catio n course that co v ers b en efits a n d costs, p lan n in g , design, se ­ lection, eq u ip m e n t, scanning, im age m a n ip u la ­ tio n , m e ta d a ta , a n d e v a lu a tio n . T rack 3 is th e W e b -b a se d c o u rse p lu s tw o d ays o f h a n d s-o n , in - p e r s o n tra in in g w ith s c a n n in g d e v ic e s a n d m eth o d s. Track 1 a n d 3 w o rk sh o p s are u n sc h e d u le d as o f this writing, b u t will b e offered again in Illinois in 2004. T h e Track 2 onlin e co u rse is sc h e d u le d fo r F e b ru a ry 2 3 -M a rc h 12, 2004, A pril 1 2 -3 0 , 2004, a n d A u g u st 2-20, 2004. T h e co st is $200. F o r m o r e in fo rm a tio n co n tact: A m y M aroso, p ro je c t co o rd in a to r, 452 G rain g er E n g in eerin g Library In fo rm atio n Center, 1 3 0 1 W. Springfield Ave., U rbana, IL 61801; p h o n e: (217) 244-4946; fax: (217) 244-7764; e-mail: m aro so @ u iu c.ed u ; URL: im ag es.lib ra iy .u iu c .e d u /p ro je c t/ID I/. D istan ce lea rn in g : D isaster plans SOLINET h a s d e v e lo p e d a W e b -b a s e d w o r k ­ s h o p , “D e v e lo p in g a D isaster P la n ,” w h ic h a l­ lo w s re m o te p articip atio n . T h e w o rk s h o p will b e o ffe re d in th re e tw o -h o u r seg m en ts o n F eb ­ r u a r y 18, M a rc h 10, a n d M a rc h 31, 2004. It w ill c o v e r p la n stru c tu re , in fo rm a tio n g a th e r ­ ing, risk assessm ent, reso u rce list dev elo p m en t, setting reco v ery priorities, recovery p rocedures, p la n d e v e lo p m e n t, a n d w o rk in g w ith d isa ste r re c o v e ry v en d o rs. Participants will b e assig n ed h o m e w o rk b e tw e e n segm ents, a n d m ay subm it a c o m p le te d p la n fo r re v ie w a t th e e n d o f th e w o rk sh o p . T h e w o rk sh o p costs $135 for SOLINET m em ­ bers o r $185 for nonm em bers. Early bird discounts a n d late registration fees apply. For m ore informa­ tion, please contact Vanessa Richardson, 1438 West P e a c h tr e e S treet NW, Suite 200, A tlanta, GA 30309-2955; p h o n e : (800) 999-8558; fax-. (404) 892-7879; e-mail: vrichardson@ solinet.net; URL: w w w .solinet.net. D ig ita l p re se rv atio n T h e N ational Digital In fo rm atio n Infrastructure a n d P re s e rv a tio n P ro g ra m (N D IIPP) a t th e Li­ b rary o f C ongress has m o u n te d “It’s a b o u t time: Research challenges in digital archiving a n d long­ term p reservation” o n th e NDIIPP W eb site. This is th e final re p o rt o f a co n fe re n ce s p o n s o re d b y th e National Science F ou n d atio n a n d th e Library o f C o n g re ss o n A pril 12—13, 2002. C h a ire d b y M arg aret H e d stro m o f th e U niversity o f M ichi­ gan, th e conference considered priority areas for research into m odels, m etho d o lo g ies, a n d tools for long-term preservation o f digital information. T h e URL fo r th e fin a l r e p o r t is w w w . d i g i t a l p r e s e r v a t i o n . g o v / i n d e x . p h p ? n a v = 3 & s u b n a v = ll. A *Œ N S U S T h e A rchival C ensus a n d E ducatio n N eed s Sur­ v e y in th e U.S. (A*CENSUS) h a s b e g u n . T h e w orking group, charged w ith designing an d imple­ m en tin g th e survey, h e ld its first m eetin g o n N o­ v e m b e r 14-16, 2003, in C hicago. A*CENSUS is in te n d e d to define w h o to d ay ’s archivists are an d h o w th e y a re w o rk in g w ith th e ir collections, to deteim ine the know ledge an d skills they n eed both n o w a n d in th e fu tu re , a n d to p ro v id e d a ta to s u p p o rt re c ru itm e n t a n d train in g o f n e w archi­ vists. T he w o rk in g g ro u p intends to reach every­ o n e w h o w o rk s w ith arch iv al m a te ria ls in th e U nited States, a n d w ill se e k th e p articip atio n o f all archival associations, as w ell as organizations in related fields. T he survey is scheduled to occur du rin g Spring 2004. F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t D e b ra Mills N olan, m e e tin g s directo r, S ociety o f A m erican Archivists, 14 Bay Tree Lane; Tequesta, FL 33469; p h o n e : (5 6 1 ) 7 4 5 -6 8 1 2 ; e -m a il: d n o la n @ archivists.org; URL: archivists.org. ■ Jane H edberg is preservation pro g ra m o ffic e ra t Harvard University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@ harvard.edu; fax: (617) 496-8344 mailto:maroso@uiuc.edu images.libraiy.uiuc.edu/project/IDI/ mailto:vrichardson@solinet.net http://www.solinet.net archivists.org archivists.org mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu