GIPPSLAND WORKSHOP 6: MAKING COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

POSTPONED until further notice.
Objects need to be accessible, whether that is to people managing a collection, to visitors, or to the public. This workshop will introduce themes of copyright and privacy that relate to historical collections. Participants will learn how to optimise catalogue records for discovery, how to write for social media, and create digital exhibitions.

$30 – $45

GIPPSLAND WORKSHOP 5: LOOKING AFTER DIGITAL FILES

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

POSTPONED until further notice.
This is a basic digital preservation workshop. The workshop will begin with brief project management skills including templates for policies and procedures. We will discuss digital storage, how to create backups, and how to check if files are damaged. Participants will learn how to describe an object using Dublin Core so that digital files can be discoverable.

$30 – $45

Gippsland Workshop 4: DIGITISING BOOKS AND PHOTOGRAPHING OBJECTS

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

POSTPONED until further notice.
In this intermediate digitisation workshop, we will introduce participants to best-practice digitisation techniques and procedures. Participants will have the opportunity to digitise books using a book scanner, and to set up a site for object photography.

$30 – $45

Gippsland Workshop 3: SCANNING FOR BEGINNERS

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

POSTPONED until further notice.
This workshop is aimed at those who are new to scanning. It will cover some terminology relating to digital images, and how to prepare documents for scanning before participants scan some documents using flatbed scanners.

$30 – $45

Gippsland Workshop 2: USING CATALOGUING SOFTWARE

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

This workshop is for small organisations that are going to start use cataloguing software. Participants will have the opportunity to create catalogue records using cataloguing software, and will learn how to move import an existing catalogue from Excel.

$30 – $45

Gippsland Workshop 1: COMPUTER CATALOGUING FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

This is a workshop for those who are new to computers, and small organisations who do not have the resources to use cataloguing software. Using only Excel, we will demonstrate how to create a simple catalogue that still complies with international standards.

$30 – $45

Gippsland: Cataloguing and Digitisation series of six workshops

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

The RHSV is offering a series of 6 linked workshops (three Saturdays over three months) which cover cataloguing and digitisation. This series of workshops is progressive, starting with basic concepts and building in complexity. We have spaced the workshops so that participants have time in which to put into practice their new skills before the
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$150 – $225