Category Archives: Conferences

Digital Public Library of America at the ASCLA/ICAN Collaborative Digitization IG

Posted on July 13, 2012 by rmarker

ASCLA/ICAN/Collaborative Digitization Interest Group June 23, 2012, 4:00-5:30  pm Hyatt Regency Orange County – Harbor Room Jason Kucsma (Metropolitan New York Library Council), chair of the IG, convened the meeting at which about twenty people were present.  Emily Gore (Associate … Continue reading →

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Presentations available: Data Management: What is the library’s role? (2012 Annual sponsored program)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Jason Kovari

The presentations from the MIG and LITA sponsored program: “Data Management: What is the library’s role?” have been posted to ALA Connect: http://connect.ala.org/node/183000 These include: “developing practical metadata services for data management programs”. Kevin M. Chair (Penn State) “Beyond Data … Continue reading →

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ALA Annual 2012: Digital Special Collections Discussion Group

Posted on July 6, 2012 by img7u

4:00pm to 5:30pm Digital Special Collections Discussion Group Location: Disneyland Hotel, Monorail A Sponsor: ACRL/RBMS Moderated by Jason Kovari, the Digital Special Collections Discussion Group met on Saturday afternoon in a standing-room only session.  The discussion addressed three major topics: … Continue reading →

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ALA Annual 2012: Intellectual Access to Preservation Metadata Interest Group Meeting

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Chelcie Rowell

Intellectual Access to  Preservation Metadata Interest Group Meeting June 23, 2012, 4:00-5:30 PM ALA Annual Conference The Metadata Interest Group held a series of two presentations on the topic of embedding and extracting metadata from digital objects. Full presentations, when … Continue reading →

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ALA Annual 2012: Metadata Interest Group Meeting

Posted on July 4, 2012 by admin

Metadata Interest Group Meeting June 24, 2012, 8-10 AM ALA Annual Conference The Metadata Interest Group held a series of four presentations on the topic of transforming cataloging workflows through collaboration. Full presentations, when available, are posted on ALA Connect: … Continue reading →

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Join the Metadata Interest Group at ALA!

Posted on June 7, 2012 by admin

The ALCTS Metadata Interest Group will meet on Sunday, 24 June, 8:00-10:00 AM at the Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom E. This year’s meeting features four presentations centered on the changing role of the cataloger. Presenters and summaries are … Continue reading →

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ALA Annual Conference 2012: Best Bets for Metadata Librarians and Call for Bloggers

Posted on June 3, 2012 by admin

Below is a list of metadata and digital library-friendly sessions for ALA Annual 2012. Planning to attend a session or already reporting on a session? Think about blogging it here! If you would like to blog any of the sessions, … Continue reading →

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ALA Midwinter 2012: Discovering and Cataloging Repositories and Unique Collections: An Update on Standards, Preservation, and Usage

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Haiyun

Standards Committee, Holdings Committee, Continuing Resources Section, ALCTS  Auditing Digital Repositories: An Update on Standards, Preservation, and UsageCenter for Research Libraries By Marie-Elise Waltz, Special Projects Librarian, Center for Research Libraries  Marie introduced that, based on the interests of members … Continue reading →

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ALA Midwinter 2012: Metadata Interest Group

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin

ALA Midwinter 2012: ALCTS Metadata Interest Group presentations, Sunday, Jan 22, 2012, 8-10 a.m. Links to presentation slides are available on ALA connect. The Metadata Interest Group had three presentations.  Below is a short synopsis of these presentations. Video metadata … Continue reading →

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ALA Midwinter 2012: Digital Conversion Interest Group

Posted on February 1, 2012 by img7u

The Digital Conversion Interest Group meeting featured four speakers each sharing their experiences with different aspects of digital conversion work. The session’s first speaker was Jacob Nadal, a Preservation Officer at the UCLA Library, who described the process by which he … Continue reading →

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