Do you need to learn the fundamental skills necessary to create and sustain interoperable digital projects? The Texas State Library and Archives Commission <http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/> and Amigos Library Services<http://www.amigos.org>have developed an online training series to help you get started. Our workshop series is based on the "Digital Library Environment<http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/courses/index.html>" workshop series from the Library of Congress; further development of this series was made possible by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The next workshop in the series is "Digital Library Systems and Applications<http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=353>." This workshop provides information about evaluating, adapting, and developing systems and applications for born-digital and digitized material. The workshop explores the following topics: - User-Centered Design: Functional Requirements, Use Cases, and Usability - Components of Digital Collections: Collections Objects, Object Metadata, and System Models - Workflows: Creating, Acquiring, Administering, Accessing, and Disposing of Data - Interoperability: Protocols, standards, and transformations *Learning Objectives* At the conclusion of this workshop, students will be able to: - Identify digital library design and development processes - Understand the relationships between data/metadata and system functionality - Design staff workflows for using digital library systems - Describe methods to reuse components of digital collections in alternative systems to meet user needs The instructors for the course are Bill Walker, Imaging Services Field Officer at Amigos, and Danielle Cunniff Plumer, coordinator of the Texas Heritage Online program at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The cost for each 8-hour online workshop is $250. For more information or to register, click on the links below or visit www.Amigos.org. Digital Project Planning and Management Basics<http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=349> 4/18-21 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Digital Library Systems and Applications<http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=353> 5/3-6 1:00 - 3:00 pm Metadata Standards and Crosswalks<http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=354> 5/31-6/3 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Controlled Vocabulary and Thesaurus Design<http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=355> 6/14-17 1:00 - 3:00 pm <http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=355> Danielle Cunniff Plumer Coordinator, Texas Heritage Online Texas State Library & Archives Commission 512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax) Website: http://www.texasheritageonline.org Blog: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/tho/blog/