Training & Development

This page contains pointers to conferences and workshops, courses, online tutorials and professional journals in this field. Information about upcoming training events of particular interest to NDF partners will also be listed under News. If you would like to suggest a training and development resource for this section, please check the selection criteria and contact us.

D-Lib Ready Reference: Meetings, conferences and workshops
A comprehensive international list of digital library meetings, workshops, and conferences, as well as other activities associated with digital libraries research and technologies with archives.
http://www.dlib.org/groups.html

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)
Held annually in the United States.
http://www.jcdl.org/past-event-conf.shtml

European Conference on Research and Advance Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL)
Held annually in Europe.
http://ecdlconference.isti.cnr.it/

International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL)
Held annually in Asia.
http://www.icadl.org

Museums and the Web
Archives and Museums Informatics
Held annually in America or Canada.
http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.html

Digital Libraries (LIBR 547)
Victoria University Wellington
This paper (part of the MLIS course at VUW) can be taken on its own by distance.
http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/547-details.aspx

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Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial
Cornell University - Anne Kenney
An excellent tutorial based on the book by renowned author Anne Kenney of Cornell University.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/index.html

Text Encoding Tutorials
Text Encoding Initiative Consortium

Links to some generic TEI introductory readings and manuals, and also a selection of tutorial guides prepared by members of the TEI community.
http://www.tei-c.org/Support/Learn/tutorials.xml

D-Lib Magazine
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
Published 11 times a year in electronic form only. The magazine focuses on digital library research and development for the digital library community.
http://www.dlib.org

Ariadne
UK Office for Library Networking (UKOLN)
Published quarterly and aimed at UK academic information professionals, this journal provides good coverage of digital library initiatives to readers world wide and covers the latest service and networking developments.
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk

What's New in Digital Preservation
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI)
A web-based quarterly summary of recent activity in the field of digital preservation, compiled using information from the PADI gateway and digital preservation mailing lists.
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/whatsnew/index.html

Digital Document Quarterly (DDQ)
H M Gladney
A quarterly web-based journal focusing on digital preservation.
http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq.htm