[Carolinas_asist] CurateGear - Still Time to Register

[Tibbo, Helen R]

Please excuse cross postings:

WHAT: The DigCCurr 2012 Public Symposium Presents CurateGear! a highly interactive day-long event focused on digital curation tools and methods. See demonstrations, hear about the latest developments, and discuss application in professional contexts. For more information see: http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/2012symposium.html. 

WHEN: Friday, January 6, 2012, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

WHERE: Friday Center, UNC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

HOW TO REGISTER: Go to: http://tinyurl.com/3m8ajrm 
COST: $125     STUDENT COST: $50.

Registration includes continental breakfast, morning and afternoon breaks, lunch, and free parking.


PRESENTERS include: 

Jonathan Crabtree, Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
Mark Evans, Tessella
Barbara Guttman, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Carolyn Hank, McGill University
Chien-Yi Hou, University of North Carolina
Greg Jansen, UNC Libraries
Cal Lee, University of North Carolina
Matt Kirschenbaum, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
Nancy McGovern, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Richard Marciano, University of North Carolina
Mark Matienzo, Yale University
Trevor Owens, Library of Congress
David Pearson, National Library of Australia
Doug Reside, New York Public Library
Seamus Ross, University of Toronto
Seth Shaw, University Archives, Duke University
Mike Thuman, Tessella
Helen Tibbo, University of North Carolina
William Underwood, Georgia Tech
Bram Van der Werf, Director of the Open Planets Foundation
Peter Van Garderen, Artefactual Systems
Doug White, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Kam Woods, University of North Carolina

Sponsored by: the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the School of Information and Library Science

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Venue: CurateGear will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center 
100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020
Tel 919.962.3000 
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Air Travel: The closest airport is Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) which is about 16 miles east of the Friday Center where the conference will be held. Taxi fare is about $40 one-way from the airport to Chapel Hill. 
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Hotels: 
Courtyard by Marriott Chapel Hill
100 Marriott Way (off NC Highway 54 East), Chapel Hill
0.3 mile walk to the Friday Center
Tel 919.883.0700
Toll-free 800.321.2211

Aloft Chapel Hill
1001 South Hamilton Road, Chapel Hill 
0.8 mile walk to Friday Center
Tel 919.932.7772
Toll-free 866.716.8143

Holiday Inn Express Chapel Hill
6119 Farrington Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27517
1.7 miles to the Friday Center (free shuttle to Friday Center)
Tel 919.489.7555

Hampton Inn & Suites Chapel Hill/Durham 
6137 Farrington Road (at I-40 and Hwy 54), Chapel Hill, NC 27514
2.2 miles to the Friday Center (free shuttle to Friday Center)
Tel 919.403.8700 

The Carolina Inn 
211 Pittsboro Street (on the UNC Campus), Chapel Hill, NC 27516
3 miles to the Friday Center (free shuttle to Friday Center)
Tel 800.962.8519 

Chapel Hill University Inn
1301 N Fordham Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514
4.3 miles to the Friday Center (free shuttle to Friday Center)
Tel 919.929.2171 

Hope to see y'all  at CurateGear!  -Helen 


Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor
President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists
School of Information and Library Science
201 Manning Hall  CB#3360
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
Phone: (919) 962-8063
Fax: (919) 962-8071
tibbo at email.unc.edu