The first chapter contains list of all participants, trainers and organizers. Second chapter lists all sessions (with short abstracts of their content). Last chapters are summarizing feedback obtained from participants related to training content

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Summary report on ACCESS IT plus trainingReport was prepared by: Adam Dudczak (maneo@man.poznan.pl)IntroductionTraining was held in Central Public Library of Veria between 26th and 28th of March 2012.Training participants:● Martina Kovac (Croatia)● Renata Petrušić (Croatia)● Sara Vukusic (Croatia)● Evgenia Arh (Croatia)● Sanja Dukic (BiH/Tuzla)● Saliha Kosovac (BiH/Tuzla)● Zmad Sarajlic (BiH/Tuzla)● Suad Barbullushi (Albania)● Gjergj Sheldija (Albania)● Enilda Kola (Albania)● Virtyt Bushati (Albania)● Borislav Stancevic (BiH)● Dalibor Pancic (BiH)● Tatjana Miljevic (BiH)Trainers:● Vangelis Banos, Veria Central Public Library● Adam Dudczak, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center● Marcin Werla, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking CenterLocal organizer:● Ioannis Trohopoulos, Veria Central Public LibraryMaterials from the training will be available in the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Repository: http://lib.psnc.pl/dlibra/publication?id=409&tab=3Training agenda and abstracts of all the sessionsDay 1 (26.03)10:00 – 10:30: Session 1.1: Opening session10:30 – 12:00: Session 1.2: Introduction to digitisation. Adam DudczakIn this session we will show some examples of digitisation projects to illustrate what benefits are associated  with  digitisation.  We will  discuss  what  can be a  subject  of  digitisation  for  small memory institutions like public library or local museum.After this we will describe digital image anatomy. This will include concepts like digital image, file formats and compression types. After this introduction we will briefly describe hardware and software which might be used to digitise various kinds of materials (this will be heavily based on current content of the “Digital repositories for small memory institutions” course). Case study showing what formats and software (especially OCR) is used in Poland for processing various types of materials.This session will be summarized with discussion:● We would like to ask participants about existing digitisation projects and possible justification for digitisation activities in small memory institutions.● What software is used in your library?12:00 – 13:00: Lunch13:00 – 14:30: Session 1.3: How can the basic digitisation workflow look like? Adam DudczakThis session will be dedicated to the digitisation workflow. We will describe all basic steps of the workflow from choosing the object to its publication in digital  library. Each step may lead to certain pitfalls, during this session we will try to show some examples of common mistakes. In some cases the most efficient solution is to outsource certain steps in digitisation workflow, we will discuss the role of outsourcing in the closing discussion.Digital content is vulnerable to various threats. Hardware is getting obsolete, software packages are no longer supported by its creators these things can cause that results of digitisation will no longer be useful in the future. We will discuss issues related to long term preservation of digital materials.Apart from traditional digitisation workflow we will also briefly cover the concept of born digital objects, as importance of this type of objects is constantly growing, we will discuss problems related to its long term preservation.Session will be concluded with discussion about, practical approaches to:● organization of digitisation workflows in small memory institutions,● role of/experience with outsourcing of digitisation,● born digital objects preservation,● long term preservation.14:30 – 15:00: Coffee break15:00 – 16:30: Session 1.4: Digital libraries basics. Marcin WerlaIn  this  session  we will  describe  basic  concepts  related to  digital  libraries,  showing  a  lot  of examples of existing digital libraries. After this we will focus on things necessary to create a digital library, cost of such an undertaking and its maintenance in longer term. We will  show possible  models  of  cooperation  between  libraries  in  order  to  make  digital  libraries  more affordable.  This  part  will  be  illustrated  with  examples  of  Polish  digital  libraries  build  by consortiums of institutions.Practical things to discuss:● are there any existing digital libraries in participants’ countries? what is the source of funding?● what IT infrastructure is used in your libraries to handle digital libraries● are users aware of digital libraries existence? what do they think about them?16:30 – 16:45: Closing discussionDay 2 (27.03)09:30 – 10:30 Session 2.1: Building digital collections. Marcin WerlaHow to choose objects for digitisation? Short description of NISO recommendations regarding creation of digital collections in particular collection development policy. After describing this we will extend the topic of Intellectual Property Rights, showing how practically resolve problems related to publication of cultural objects (and its metadata) on the web. In this session we will  also cover open licensing models i.e. Creative Commons.Practical discussion:● we will try to resolve prepared case studies using available Public Domain calculators,● discuss what approaches to collection composision are used in participants’ institutions.10:30 – 10:45: Short coffee break10:45 – 12:15: Session 2.2: Describing digital objects. Marcin WerlaThe basic question which will be answered in this session is “why to describe objects?”. We will start with short overview of the most important concepts related to metadata in digital libraries. Participants will have a chance to learn about best practices related to metadata creation. We will show how to describe example digital objects using Dublin Core metadata schema. In the discussion we will also show what caused that PLMET (proposal for Polish metadata standard) was created.Practical part of the session includes:● creation of metadata for example objects.12:15 – 13:15: Lunch13:15 – 14:30: Session 2.3: How to promote digital library and its assets? Marcin Werla, Adam DudczakSession will start with description of basic concepts behind SEO. We will then discuss why is it  necessary to promote objects in the web and how to do it. What tools might be useful here? Possible role of websites like Wikipedia?In this session we will show how to monitor usage of digital library resources. Second part will be dedicated to assessment of digital library usability and accessibility.14:30 – 15:00: Coffee break15:00 – 16:45: Session 2.4: Preparing digital versions of cultural heritage objects. Adam Dudczak (technical session)We will present basic guidelines related to choosing parameters and file formats for digitisation of  books,  newspapers  and  postcards.  Participants  will  have  a  chance  to  learn  about  the difference between web delivery formats and formats which are more suitable for long term preservation of digital materials.In a practical part we will try to scan and prepare for publication a short book. After scanning all pages we will try to post-process them and prepare for Optical character recognition. With the outcomes of scanning and OCR we will prepare web delivery version which will be published in digital library based on DSpace and dLibra. We will show capabilities of both software packages in terms of metadata creation and full-text search. After having object online we will think about its  preservation  in  a  longer  term.  We  will  create  checksums  and  discuss  about  possible solutions for archiving this objects.We will also show how to publish objects in a very high resolution using tools like Zoomify or OpenLayers viewer. We will show both paid and free software packages.16:45 – 17:00: Closing discussionDay 3 (28.03)09:30 – 10:30: Session 3.1: Overview of Europeana. Marcin WerlaThis session is dedicated to Europeana, a common gateway to European cultural heritage. You will learn what Europeana is, how it works and what benefits it offers to users and repository managers. This session will be summarized with overview of Europeana development plans.10:30 – 11:00: Session 3.2: Case studies for cooperation with Europeana. Marcin WerlaDuring this session participants will have a chance to listen about experience of Polish Digital Libraries Federation.11:00 – 11:15: Short coffee break11:15 – 12:45: Session 3.3: ACCESS IT courses feedback session. Adam DudczakIn this session we will discuss possible improvements to ACCESS IT courses. Finally we will  discuss ideas for course promotion and certification.12:45 – 13:45: Lunch13:45 – 14:45: Session 3.4: Setting up digital library. Adam Dudczak (technical session)During this  session you will  learn how to set  up a  digital  library  using dLibra and DSpace software.14:45 – 15:15: Coffee break15:15 – 16:30: Session 3.5: Metadata aggregation: introduction to technical aspects. Marcin Werla (technical session)This technical session describing what metadata aggregation is and how it can be implemented using OAI-PMH protocol. In the following part of this technical session we will cover essentials of Europeana metadata guidelines. After this short intro we will  go through the procedure of ingesting your data to Europeana. The last part of the session will be dedicated to creation of  metadata aggregator using free software.16:30 – 17:00: Session 3.6: Case studies for cooperation with Europeana. Vangelis BanosDuring this session participants will have a chance to listen about experience of Greek Aggreagator.17:00 – 17:15: Closing discussionSummary of session scoresAt the end of each day of the training participants were asked to fill in the feedback form. Summary of scores for all training sessions was presented on the chart below. Scores for technical/practical sessions were marked with green color.The average score of whole training: 4.74 (lowest grade 3, highest 5)Remarks from participants● Remarks related to day 1○ “more technical talks could be much better”○ “some presented material was too basic.“● Remarks related to day 2○ “very interesting”○ “Maybe spend a little less time on theoretical aspects that are easily understandable, such as digital library promotion, and focus more on the technical aspect because that is the the area we know the least about. “○ “Practical part goes too fast (linux!)”● Remarks related to day 3○ “As we were asked to go through the entire tutorial before the actual workshop there should have been more hands-on work and less overviews.”○ “The technical sessions should be more "in tune" with participants. Perhaps you need to repeat every step in case someone didn't hear or couldn't follow. Otherwise, it's very useful. Thanks!”Familiarity with the online courseParticipants were asked if they had a chance to read ACCESS IT online courses before the training.Did you had a chance to read “Digital repositories for small memory institutions” course?Did you had a chance to read “Cooperation with Europeana” course?

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