[Neasis-l] Digital Reality III: A Conference on Building Digital Collections

[Margret Branschofsky]

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>Subject: Digital Reality III: A Conference on
>Building Digital Collections
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>Digital Reality III: Building the Community
>October 7-8, 2002 ~ Bentley College, Waltham, MA
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>
>NELINET invites you to participate in the digital
>event of the season!
>NELINET's successful Digital Reality Conference
>series returns in a new two-day format. Come and hear
>the experts on our program discuss the issues
>affecting the future of online digital collections.
>
>* Day One features presentations from national,
>international, and local experts providing guidance
>in the creation of useful, interoperable, and
>sustainable digital collections.
>* Day Two is an opportunity to participate in Working
>Groups that will help shape the future of
>collaborative digital collections in New England.
>* You may attend Day One without attending Day Two,
>but we ask that you attend Day One if you plan to
>attend Day Two.
>
>Speakers:
>* Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Phillips Professor of Early
>American History and Director of the Charles Warren
>Center for American History at Harvard University,
>and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Her work is also
>featured on the award-winning website
>http://dohistory.org.
>* Simon Tanner, Senior Consultant, Higher Education
>Digitisation Service (HEDS), University of
>Hertfordshire, England, who will discuss the
>economics of digital libraries
>* Liz Bishoff, Project Director, Colorado
>Digitization Project
>* Mary Ide, Director, WGBH Media Archives and
>Preservation Center
>* Taylor Surface, Director, Digital Content
>Management, OCLC, Inc.
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>Registration:
>Day One: NELINET Full Member ($150.00) NELINET
>Affiliate Member ($175.00) Non-Member ($225.00)
>Day Two: NELINET Full Member ($40.00) NELINET
>Affiliate Member ($45.00) Non-Member ($60.00)
>Registration deadline: October 2, 2002
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>For program details and registration forms, please
>visit the conference Web site,
>http://www.nelinet.net/conf/digital/driii/program.htm
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>Questions? Contact Amy Benson, NELINET, Inc.,
>abenson@nelinet.net
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>Sponsored by New England Archivists (NEA) and New
>England Museum Association (NEMA)