The first in a series of presentations during a two-day workshop introducing digitisation to librarians and archivists in Kimberley. Organised by the Africana Library Trust.

1. Introduction to Digitisation Workshop for the Africana Library Trust 30-31 March 2010

2. Who died and made you expert?

3. Who died and made you expert? MSS & Archives since June 2000 Digital Imaging Project of South Africa (DISA) workshop on digitisation, September 2000 Digitising since 2001 Digital imaging projects Scanning ‘on-demand’ 2009: Carnegie Project 2010: Digital Initiatives Department

4. Talks/Papers Digitisation of glass plate negatives and lantern slides. Presentation to SAPCON West, October 2003 “Digitisation projects at the University of Cape Town Libraries” (with Lesley Hart). Innovation, vol.30 2005: 32-42 Digitisation as a means of preservation: a look at South African archives. Presentation to the National SAPCON AGM, July 2005 The value of digitising archival material. Presentation to South African Society of Archivists, October 2006 Snapshots of digitisation experiences at the UCT Manuscripts and Archives Department: pitfalls and triumphs. Presentation to LIASA WCHELIG group, 15 November, 2007 Different routes, same destination. Presentation to LIASA WCHELIG group, 29 May, 2008.

5. I read therefore I am

10. I play, therefore I am 2 Personal blogs Professional blog Flickr Account Facebook Account Twitter Account Online writer Library newsletter Etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc

12. Institution

13. Why are you here?

16. Why do we digitise?

17. Why do you want to digitise?

18. Why do we digitise? Easier to send – via email/over the web Makes material accessible to remote users Easier to manipulate/include in other documents It’s what users want – it’s the ‘language students are speaking now ’ Preserves the originals It’s a form of reformatting/backing up – think photocopying/printing…