Pasadena City College Digitization Skills for Libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions Certificate

Are your patrons asking why the library’s local history materials are not available online?  Don’t know where to start?  If you’re in Southern California, consider enrolling in Pasadena City College’s Digitization Skills Certificate Program for Libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions.    Our fourth cohort will begin on August 31.   This program is appropriate for both library technicians as well librarians who wish to acquire new skills.
The Pasadena City College Digitization Skills Certificate prepares students to work in digital repositories found in libraries, archives, museums and other cultural heritage organizations. We designed the Digitization Skills program as an Occupational Skills Certificate to allow students to complete it within a calendar year. In addition to coursework in project planning, digitization, metadata, copyright, preservation, and end user access to digital materials, students gain practical through a 60-hour internship in a local digitization project.  Students will gain practical experience using industry standards.

Over the last two years, 39 students have completed internships at several area organizations, including: Altadena Historical Society, LA  County Arboretum, CSUN, City of Pasadena Planning Department and Pasadena Public Library, City of Sierra Madre, County of Los Angeles - East LA Public Library, Glendale Public Library, Huntington Library, LA as Subject/USC Libraries, Moorpark Public Library, Pasadena City College, and Pasadena Museum of History.  We are working with Los Angeles Public Library, Caltech, U.S. Courts Library and Palos Verdes Public Library to develop additional internship sites for the students currently enrolled in the program.

More information on the program and course descriptions are available on the Digitization Skills Certificate Program Website: http://www.pasadena.edu/library/digitalskills/

Please feel free to contact the program coordinator or program instructor with questions or for additional information

Krista Goguen
Librarian/Library Certificate Programs Coordinator, Pasadena City College
kfgoguen@pasadena.edu or 626-585-7832