Best Practices in Projects

Technical Library & Digitalization

An Intensive 5 - Day Training Course

Date 21 - 25 Jul 2019

Venue Dubai REGISTER NOW

Fees $ 4,950

Introduction Objectives

Project management is used to optimize the utilization of resources to By the end of this training GLOMACS training course, participants will
achieve set goals, within the planned schedule and allocated budget. The learn to:
digitalization or digitization allows for the projects to reduce the time spent
•• Develop adequate digitization policy
on meetings, reduces costs and enables transparency, cooperation and
•• Explain the process of digitization planning, budgeting and monitoring
ease of communication. However, it comes with risks, as managing digital
•• Understand the difficulties of digitization related to Optical Character
projects involves managing various digital technologies to achieve high-
Recognition for local languages
quality deliverables, and these deliverables might not always be tangible, and
•• Learn the best practices of digitization projects
depend a lot on the user acceptance.
•• Determine adequate digitization technology to be used in their projects

The vast majority of project management failures we see can be traced •• Apply the Project Management techniques for digitization projects

back to requirements management, scope creep, change request handling,

adoption failures, or sustained maintenance—all activities that are in the Training Methodology
realm of project management, and when it comes to digitization, all of them
are existent as the understanding of the workload needed for responding to Participants to this GLOMACS training course will receive a thorough

change requests is not always fully understood. training on the subjects covered by the seminar outline with the Tutor
utilizing a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation
The emergence of digital libraries provides an unprecedented opportunity techniques, with focus on hands-on approach. Seminar methodology
for broader and easier access to an information resources, while at the same includes theoretical and practical work, with video materials and
time providing additional protection, easier preservation and copyright presentation of software used for various digitization projects.
protection. There are as many approaches to the development of digital
libraries as there are definitions of what constitutes digital library. Digital Who Should Attend?
libraries are permanently evolving with the introduction of new formats,
standards, technologies, best practices, digital library design, evaluation, This GLOMACS training course is designed for a variety of professionals
preservation, and digital curation and this course is intended to provide involved in the digitization projects, and it is suitable to a wide range of
adequate guidance to the professionals involved in these projects on how professionals but will greatly benefit:
to achieve their goals without frustration and budget and timeline overruns.
•• Project managers
•• Program managers
This GLOMACS training course will highlight:
•• Account managers
•• Digitization scope and influence •• Business sponsors
•• Best practices in Digitization projects •• Technical managers
•• How are the records digitalized? •• Digital practitioners
•• What is the best way to enable discoverability of your records? •• IT Managers
•• Process of digitization of library resources and digitization architecture •• As well as any professionals involved in the process of digitization or
•• Main risks and their management project management
•• Copyright permission defining and protection

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