Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: "Developing and Using Material Culture Collections for Teaching and Learning"

DATE: May 19, 2009

TIME: 9:00 - 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)

PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $122, Non-Members: $247 (fee includes unlimited break service and lunch)

LOCATION: Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Norwood, MA.

DESCRIPTION: Building on the experience and success of many institutions who have developed and implemented large institutional collections, this SIG will focus on the development and use of small, digital object teaching collections. Covering a full spectrum of issues, this SIG will address the unique needs and issues of digitizing and maintaining small teaching collections, share the experiences of faculty who have undertaken such an effort, explore the importance and implications of metadata in building such a collection, discuss the planning and process of actually digitizing objects for collections, and develop pedagogical strategies for using these collections in the classroom.

Go to http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5720 for the full schedule and registration.