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

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 Round, 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 University of Maryland
* 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 [log in to unmask].

Please direct questions and comments to [log in to unmask].

Hope to see you in July!

    

Laura Riskedahl

2008 MADLC Co-Chair

Metadata Librarian, Digital Initiatives Group

Library Liaison for Art and Art History

Library & Information Technology

Bucknell University

107 Bertrand Library

(570) 577-3669