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From the NEDCC's website -- 2020 Digital Directions REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  MARCH 10, 2020 Registration Logistics  Agenda Faculty Bios Code of Conduct Join us in beautiful Tucson, Arizona, for a comprehensive overview of digital preservation, presented by information professionals with deep experience in the preservation of cultural heritage materials. During the two-day training, you will learn about good practices and practical strategies for creating and managing digital collections, and you’ll gain confidence in decision-making for the preservation of your digital assets. Topics include: standards and specifications for both digitization and digital preservation metadata copyright selection for digitization special considerations for audiovisual and born-digital materials digital storage working with vendors and collaborative or consortial organizations The program will introduce you to free resources and tools you can use for digital preservation, and you’ll make lasting connections with peers who face similar challenges. Participants return to their institutions with a clearer understanding of the next steps they should take to strengthen their organization’s digital preservation program. Who Should Attend? Are you just getting started in digitization and digital preservation? Trying to bring several digital projects together into a cohesive digital preservation program? Or are you well into a digital collections project and need a refresher on the latest standards and best practices? The Digital Directions conference is geared toward professionals working with digital collections at archives, libraries, museums, historical organizations, government agencies, corporate archives, and other organizations that steward digital collections. Students are also welcome, and a discounted registration rate is available. Past Participants Comment on Digital Directions: I now feel a lot more confident in how & what to digitize and where to store the copies after attending this conference. The many resources linked out within the presentations is awesome and I appreciate those being provided. Thank you! Digital Directions helped assure me that the work we are doing at our institution is following best practices. I was really interested in the section on born-digital material and the issues involved with managing those collections. Thank you for a great conference! It was my first time attending, but it won't be my last. Prior to coming to the conference, I knew this was something I needed to do for my organization. However, I was overwhelmed with even where to begin. I would look at resources and think: "This is good, but I need to start at the very beginning. What does that look like?" The conference provided me with information and resources that allowed me to better process where my organization is with this and where we need to go. This conference filled in some holes in my knowledge and gave me good resources to look into. Things I plan on doing because of this conference: watch the digital POWRR webinars, create an inventory of our digital collections, ensure my policies and procedures are up to date, talk to my boss about what level of digital preservation is my responsibility and learn more about it, see if the department has a mission statement and collection development policy and if not, remedy that. One of the most important benefits of attending Digital Directions was networking and making/maintaining connections with other institutions/organizations that also have large digital collections that they manage. TO LEARN MORE about the Digital Directions program, view the  2020 Agenda . JOIN the  NEDCC E-News List to receive updates on the conference.

To apply to the 2020 Western Archives Institute, complete the online application . The application deadline is Monday, March 2, 2020. A Word or PDF copy of the application is available upon request at WAI@sos.ca.gov . Admission to the program is by application only and enrollment is limited. About WAI The 34th annual Western Archives Institute will be held at San Diego State University from June 7-19, 2020 . The Western Archives Institute is an intensive, two-week program that provides integrated instruction in basic archival practices to individuals with a variety of backgrounds, including those whose jobs require a fundamental understanding of archival skills, but who have little or no previous archives education; those who have expanding responsibility for archival materials; those who are practicing archivists but have not received formal instruction; and those who demonstrate a commitment to an archival career. The Institute also features site visits to historical records repositories and a diverse curriculum that includes history and development of the profession, theory and terminology, records management, appraisal, arrangement, description, manuscripts acquisition, archives and the law, photographs, preservation administration, reference and access, outreach programs, and managing archival programs and institutions. There will be one introductory online session prior to the start of the on-site program. Principal Faculty Member Joshua Kitchens has agreed to serve as Principal Faculty Member. Kitchens is the Director of the Clayton State Archival Studies program, where he teaches a variety of courses that cover archival topics including Digital Preservation, Law and Ethics, Appraisal, and various special topics courses. He previously served as an Archivist for Special Collections at the Georgia College Ina Dillard Russell Library. There he was responsible for digital collections, the library's institutional repository known as the Knowledge Box, and the university archives. He holds a BA in history from Georgia College, an MA in Applied History from George Mason University, and a Masters of Archival Studies from Clayton State University. Joshua is currently working on a Ph.D. in public history at Georgia State University. He is also a certified archivist and serves on the Examination Development Committee for the Academy of Certified Archivists. Currently, he is researching appraisal practices and representation/access of archival collections and public records. Tuition & Fees Tuition for the Institute is $810 and includes a selection of archival publications. Other non-negotiable fees including program transportation, facility fees, opening dinner, and luncheon at the closing program will be available in early February.  Housing and meal plans are available at additional cost. (To assist in tuition payment, a Scholarship is available from the Society of California Archivists .) Additional Information For additional program information, see www.calarchivists.org/WAI or www.sos.ca.gov/archives/admin-programs/... , or contact: Administrator Western Archives Institute 1020 O Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: 916-653-7715 Fax: 916-653-7134 E-mail: WAI@sos.ca.gov The Western Archives Institute is co-sponsored by the Society of California Archivists and the California State Archives .

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