aserl-prof-dev-announce Mailing List: NEDCC: Digital Directions Online Course in November

[Ryn Marchese (RMarchese]

DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Foundations for Digital Collections Online Course
November 18-20, 2025 (3-half days, online)
Course page: https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/digital-directions-2025

Join the Northeast Document Conservation Center for a comprehensive overview of 
digital preservation, presented by information professionals with deep 
experience in the preservation of cultural heritage materials. During three 
half-days of live, interactive, online training, you will learn foundational 
concepts, good practices, and practical strategies for managing digital 
collections, and you’ll gain confidence in decision-making for the preservation 
of your digital assets.

Visit the course page for agenda details, faculty bios, registration, and 
logistics.

Topics include:

  *   key concepts and terminology in digital preservation
  *   building a digital project
  *   metadata
  *   copyright
  *   digital preservation tools
  *   special considerations for audiovisual and born-digital materials
  *
digital storage

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? 
Digital Directions is geared toward professionals and volunteers working with 
digital collections at small- to mid-sized archives, libraries, museums, 
historical organizations, government agencies, corporate archives, and other 
organizations that steward digital collections.
Discounts and Funding
Students are also welcome, and a discounted student registration rate is 
available.
DPOE-N microgrants have been used to pay for registration. Learn more: 
https://www.dpoe.network/professional-development-support/
Kindly,
Ryn Marchese
Marketing Manager
Northeast Document Conservation Center
nedcc.org | 978-470-1010