Conference 2012
Sixth Annual Digital Library Conference and Vendor Fair
DCU Center
Worcester, Massachusetts
Digital Possibilities
Join us for an information-packed day on starting and maintaining a digital collection of your valuable archival materials. This year's conference focuses on the many exciting opportunities that the latest digital technologies provide for those developing online resources. Whether you are just starting to think about creating your first online collection or are searching to expand upon existing digital repositories and exhibits, Digital Possibilities will present a program filled with case studies and getting-started sessions designed to get you thinking about the future of digitization. We will explore such topics as how to utilize online resources in the classroom; how to create dynamic moving picture and newspaper archives; and how to troubleshoot your first digital project.
The Massachusetts Library System (MLS) is co-sponsoring the event and providing support for this conference. Please join us in Worcester for what is sure to be an interesting day.
Registration Costs: $85 until April 8 for attendees and $425 for exhibitors.
Conference Schedule and Program:
| 8:30 | Registration and coffee |
| 9:00 | Welcome by Kristi Chadwick, Digital Commonwealth President |
| 9:15 | Opening Keynote: Anne Sauer (Tufts University) Sustainable Digital Programs |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Breakout Session 1 |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Vendor Exhibits |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45 – 1:30 | Digital Commonwealth news, updates and new projects |
| 1:45 – 2:45 | Breakout Session 2 |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Breakout Session 3 |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
| Breakout Sessions 1: | 10:30-11:30 |
| 1. Digital Public Library of America | Maura Marx (Harvard University) |
| 2. Getting Started with the Digital Commonwealth (Chadwick, PowerPoint, 547KB) (Pucci, PowerPoint, 32MB) |
Kristi Chadwick Danny Pucci |
3. Digital Preservation for the Masses: Using Archivematica (PowerPoint, 2 MB) |
Joseph Fisher (UMASS Lowell) |
| Breakout Sessions 2: | 1:45-2:45 |
| 4. Boston TV News Digital Library (PowerPoint, 10MB) | Karen Cariani and Karen Colbron (WGBH) |
| 5. Virtual Archives | Gregor Trinkaus-Randall (MBLC) |
| 6. Digital Storytelling | Alexandra Deschamps and JC Sawyer |
| Breakout Sessions 3: | 3:00-4:00 |
7. Introduction to Metadata Metadata from the Beginning (Word document or PDF) |
Dodie Gaudet |
| 8. Grant Projects | Julie Bartlett Nelson Colleen Previte Becky Plimpton |
| 9. Newspaper Digitization Project | Betsy McKelvey (Boston College) |