NC ECHO offers continuing education opportunities to partner institutions and the public.

NC ECHO Digitization Institute. This week-long workshop introduces participants to the elements involved in developing and implementing a digitization project whose focus is cultural heritage collections. Topics include:

• project planning
• the selection process
• legal considerations
• digital production and scanning
• digital camera capture
• creating metadata
• standards and guidelines
• equipment and technical specifications
• web design
• digital collection management
• project management and evaluation
• grant opportunities

Encoded Archival Description Workshops. These workshops teach basic and advanced EAD metadata language and structure for the creation of finding aids with emphasis on hands-on encoding exercises.

Grant Writing Workshop. This workshop provides an overview of funding opportunities focusing on the NC ECHO digitization grant and is typically offered each fall.

Hometown History Workshops. A series of workshops presented in cooperation with the F ederation of North Carolina Historical Societies, these workshops address basic, practical issues common among small museums, archives, and libraries. The next group of workshops will be held spring and summer of 2009.

Workshops to Go. These workshops on varying topics of interest to cultural heritage institution workers are offered upon request.

Questions regarding continuing education should be addressed to Hilary Perez, NC ECHO Project Archivist at 919-807-7418 or hilary.perez@ncdcr.gov