Demystifying Digitization: Planning a Digitization Project from Start to Finish
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time)
NOTE: Registration to AGM is not required to attend the pre-conference workshops. Parking rates for the site is as follows:
$15.00 self / $21.00 valet / Individual daily parking
Parking rates are subject to 10% sales tax and subject to change without notice
Workshop Description:
This workshop will provide participants with general guidelines for a range of digitization projects, covering six steps to achieve digitization and digital preservation of print-based and audiovisual materials. By the end of the workshop, we hope that participants will walk away feeling empowered to approach analog-to-digital conversations and digital preservation projects in their own organizations.
During the workshop, California Revealed team members will lead participants through the steps of inventorying, assessing, and prioritizing materials for digitization, as well as determining standards for metadata description, preparing items for digital capture, and providing long-term digital preservation and online access. California Revealed’s in-house workflows will be explored, along with factors to consider when working with digitization vendors, including creating a timeline and performing quality control of digital files. Demonstration kits for audio and video digitization and film inspection will also be available to help participants envision a simple in-house setup. The last portion of the day will be spent workshopping next steps to begin a new digitization project.
Please forward any questions or comments to Rob Strauss and Emily Homolka at educationcommittee@calarchivists.org.
The cost is $60 for SCA members and non-members; and $40 for student members or unemployed/precariously employed individuals. Registration is limited to 40 participants.
Presenters:
Guadalupe Martinez completed their MLIS at San José State University (2022) and served as BAVC Media's inaugural Preservation Fellow, learning digitization and digital preservation of magnetic media (2022-23). Their present role as Outreach Coordinator with California Revealed bridges together professional experience and passion toward community-focused archives.
Pamela Vadakan has been the project coordinator of California Revealed since its inception in 2010 and became the Director in early 2019. She most enjoys working with partner organizations at regional workshops, meeting people and their collections on the ground, and offering guidance and encouragement for long-term collections care. She has a Master of Arts degree in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation from New York University. She is also a core member of the Community Archiving Workshop and serves on the board of the Center for Home Movies.
Shahed Dowlatshahi holds an M.A. in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation from New York University. He has been the Audiovisual Preservation Manager of California Revealed since 2018. His work at California Revealed centers on managing the digitization of obsolete audiovisual formats in order to provide access and preserve the history recorded on this material. He is also a member of the Community Archiving Workshop and serves on the board of the Audiovisual Preservation Exchange (APEX).
Registration is open until April 1. Online payment is required.
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- Questions about Registration? Contact the Education Committee
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