Digitisation for Cultural Heritage Professionals is the latest in a series of international workshops helping cultural heritage information professionals bring digitisation projects to their repositories. When: May 16-21, 2004. Digitisation projects improve public access to cultural heritage materials and enable teaching and research. This one-week intensive course will be of value to professionals and academics working in the cultural and heritage sectors such as archives, libraries, and museums. This course delivers skills, principles, and best practices in the digitisation of primary textual and image resources with a strong emphasis on interactive seminars and practical exercises. With expert guidance, participants will examine the advantages of developing digital collections of heritage materials and investigate issues involved in creating, curating and managing access to such collections. For more information and to register online, CLICK HERE Or contact: Ms. Lara Bailey Phone: 919-963-8366 Email: ljbailey@email.unc.edu