[Asis-l] Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference 2008

[Abby Clobridge]

Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference
July 9, 2008
Bucknell University -- Lewisburg, PA

Please note: Registration for the Mid-Atlantic Digital Library 
Conference will close on July 1.

Full details about the conference, including abstracts for sessions, are 
available from the conference web site: 
http://blogs.bucknell.edu/DigitalLibraryConference2008/. A discussion 
group has also been started on Facebook for pre-conference networking: 
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=3806254&k=Z31445V6442MZG1CVB64X

Conference Highlights:
* 25 sessions scheduled over five tracks
* Poster sessions, a technology showcase, and vendor exhibits
* Special-interest-group discussions during lunch
* More information available on the conference web site: 
http://blogs.bucknell.edu/DigitalLibraryConference2008/
* Access the Facebook page for the conference: 
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=3806254&k=Z31445V6442MZG1CVB64X

About the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference
This regional conference is designed to bring together librarians and 
technologists, experienced digital library practitioners and those who 
are new to to the field. Registrants are from a wide range of cultural 
heritage institutions including colleges and universities, public 
libraries, museums, and historical societies. The conference will 
include 25 sessions over five tracks. Sessions cover a wide range of 
topics and are aimed at varying levels of experience.

Registration is only $50, and graduate students are eligible for a 
discounted rate. This one-day event will be held at Bucknell University 
in Lewisburg, PA. Lewisburg is only a three- to four-hour drive from 
Philadelphia, New York City, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Pittsburgh.

Conference Schedule and Sessions -- Wednesday, July 9, 2008

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. -- Registration, breakfast

8:30 - 8:50 a.m. -- Opening, welcoming remarks

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. -- Session One
* Introduction to Digital Library Technologies & Metadata 101 – Laura 
Riskedahl, Bucknell University
* Local History Online: An Open Source Solution to the Management and 
Access of Historical Collections – John Lyles, Chattahochee Valley 
Regional Library System
* Building and Managing a Successful Digital Repository in DSpace – 
Michele Kimpton, DSpace Foundation
* The Tri-Colleges’ Collaborative Visual Resource Collection – Nicole 
Finzer, Bryn Mawr College; Susan Dreher, Swarthmore College; Julie D. 
Coy, Haverford College
* Balancing the Need for Efficient Submission of Scientific Data with 
the Need to Collect Metadata – Robert R. Downs and Robert S. Chen, 
Center for Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. -- Session Two
* Archivists' Toolkit – Brian Hoffman, New York University and Sibyl 
Roud, Archivists’ Toolkit
* Introduction to Streaming Video – Eric Smith, Bucknell University
* Access to Visual Resource Collections – Joan Beaudoin, PhD Candidate 
at Drexel University and Rachel Bradley, PhD Candidate at Drexel University
* Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Digital Image Library -- 
Karen Higgins, Johns Hopkins University
* Various Approaches to Building Digital Libraries – From Tech Cool to 
Strategic – Deborah Ludwig and Sheryl Williams, University of Kansas

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Session Three
* Scaling Up Digital Library Production: Strategies for Practitioners – 
Aaron L. Brenner, Univ. of Pittsburgh
* Tools for Repurposing MARC Metadata in Digital Libraries – Michael 
Bolam, Univ. of Pittsburgh
* Digital Reference Services: The Current State of Library and Archival 
Instruction – Valli Hoski, Kathleen O’Neill, Donna Scanlon, Mark 
Sgambettera, Vanessa Uribe
* Implementing a Digital Library Repository Using Fedora – David Kennedy 
and Jennie A. Levine, University of Maryland
* The Classical Artifact Research Repository in DSpace: A Partnership 
with Students – Lois Widmer and Dai Wei, Brandeis University

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. -- Lunch and Special-Interest Group Discussions

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. -- Session Four
* Defining and Digitizing a Commonwealth: Towards a Collaborative 
Approach to the Digitization of Pennsylvania's History, Society, and 
Culture – John Barnett, PALCI
* A Series of Unfortunate Events, or How Not to Build a Digital Image 
Archive – Jami L. Bryan, Thomas McNulty, and Carolyn S. Parsons, 
University of Mary Washington
* Building Digital Audiovisual Collections: An Example from the Archives 
– Kevin Clair, Penn State
* MetaDB: A Distributed Metadata Creation Tool – Eric Luhrs, Lafayette 
College
* Collaborating with Faculty on Digital Projects – Michael Weaver, 
Bucknell University; Jim Gerencser, Dickinson College; Robert Harris, 
William Paterson University

3:15 – 4:15 p.m. -- Session Five
* Projects from University Archives – Rodney G. Obein, Worcester 
Polytechnic Institute and Malinda Triller, Dickinson College
* Using Open Source Software: What it Means for Your Institution – Panel 
discussion.
* World War II Poster Project – David Del Testa, Bucknell University
* LSTA Grants: From Project Planning to Fruition to Sustainability – 
Janet Hurlbert, Lycoming College and Jim Gerencser, Dickinson College
* Tour of Bucknell University’s Bertrand Library

4:30 - 6:00 - Posters and Technology Showcase

Confirmed Poster Sessions:
* Planning and Administering a Digitization Project in a Small, 
Team-Based Library - Brian Ardan, Bernadette Heiney, Joby Topper, and 
Cathy Weglarz, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
* An Investigation of Image Users Across Disciplines: A Model of Image 
Needs, Retrieval, and Use - Joan E. Beaudoin, Drexel University
* Leveraging History with Social Technologies - Judith Brink-Drescher 
and Diane Holliday, Dowling College
* West Virginia History OnView: A Big Digital Project with a Little 
Budget - John Cuthbert, West Virginia University
* Fleet Street Found: The Global Photos Metadata Project - John Fahs and 
Abigail Meisterman, New York Public Library
* Evaluation of Digital Libraries: My Personal Experiences with MIC, 
NJDH, and NJVid - Judy Jeng, New Jersey City University
* Managing Digitization Activities: An ARL SPEC Kit - Rebecca L. 
Mugridge, Penn State University
* Digital Herbarium Collection - Andrew Sallans, Carla Lee, and Sherry 
Lake, University of Virginia
* Using Dublin Core to Create Electronic Access to the West Virginia and 
Regional History Collection's Printed Ephemera Collection - Anna Schein, 
West Virginia University
* I Never Met A Digital Object I Couldn't Cite: Zotero and Alternatives 
for Personal Digital Libraries - Jack Widner, Edinboro University of 
Pennsylvania

Technology Showcase List – TBA
Sign up to participate in the Technology Showcase. More information is 
available at: 
http://blogs.bucknell.edu/DigitalLibraryConference2008/2008/06/technology_showcase.html.

Exhibitors – TBA
If you are interested in participating as a vendor/exhibitor, please 
contact dig at bucknell.edu.

Please direct questions and comments to dig at bucknell.edu.

We hope to see you in July!

-- 
Abby Clobridge
Digital Initiatives Group Leader
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
aclobrid at bucknell.edu
(570) 577-3913