Best Practices in Projects Technical Library & Digitalization

Participants to this training course will receive a thorough training on the subjects covered by the training course outline with the instructor utilizing a variety of proven adult learning teaching and facilitation techniques, with focus on hands-on approach. Training course methodology includes theoretical and practical work, with video materials and presentation of software used for various digitization projects.

The risks management is presented through the lessons learned on previous digitization projects, and the involvement of digitization application in project management.

By the end of this training training course, participants will learn to:

• Develop adequate digitization policy
• Explain the process of digitization planning, budgeting and monitoring
• Understand the difficulties of digitization related to Optical Character Recognition for local languages
• Learn the best practices of digitization projects
• Determine adequate digitization technology to be used in their projects
• Apply the Project Management techniques for digitization projects

This training course is designed for a variety of professionals involved in the digitization projects, and it is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

• Project Managers
• Program Managers
• Account Managers
• Business Sponsors
• Technical Managers
• Digital Practitioners
• IT Managers
• As well as any professionals involved in the process of digitalization or project management

Organisational Impact

The organizations will greatly benefit as they acquire structured and effective method of understanding how to apply digitization technology in their projects, and how to acquire greatest benefit form digitization:

• Determining risks involved in the digitization projects
• Identify adequate resources and timeline required for the digitization projects
• Gain understanding of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) use and limitations
• Create a structured and uniform project documents for digitization projects
• Reduce costs and time lost in project management of digitization projects
• Provide beneficial improvement options without massive investments

Personal Impact

As the digitization becomes a part of any work, the delegates will enhance their understanding of the adequate uses of digitization techniques, software and applications, this will be achieved through:

• Enhancing the understanding of digital library creation
• Identifying adequate techniques and processes for digitization of documents and records
• Application of project management techniques in digitization projects
• Understanding the influence of digitization on record management and security
• Acquiring the principles of copyright preservation and monitoring
• Getting acquainted with the digitization methods, software and their use and limitations