[Publib] Call for Proposals -- Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference

[Laura Riskedahl]

*CALL FOR PROPOSALS*

 

Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference 2008

http://blogs.bucknell.edu/DigitalLibraryConference2008/

July 9, 2008

Hosted by Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

 

ALL PROPOSALS DUE BY MAY 1, 2008

 

March 18, 2008, Lewisburg, PA -- Bucknell University's Library & 

Technology Division is pleased to issue this Call for Proposals for the 

first Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference. The conference goal is to 

bring together librarians and technologists from a wide range of 

cultural heritage institutions such as colleges and universities, 

libraries, museums, historical societies, and art galleries, who are 

interested in providing digital access to their collections. The 

conference seeks to support this community through a mix of speakers, 

contributed papers and posters, workshops, and engaging discussion. The 

conference will be held on July 9, 2008.

 

Audience

Librarians, technologists, and other information professionals with 

responsibility for or an interest in digitization projects, metadata, 

and digital library systems. Sessions will range in scope and depth. 

Some sessions will be appropriate for those with no prior knowledge in 

the field, while others will be more technical in nature.

 

Conference Topics

Conference presentations are sought in all areas related to digital 

libraries, including the following:

 

- Case studies

- Collaborative projects

- Digital content for teaching (K-12)

- Digital content for teaching (higher education)

- Digital images

- Digital library systems and architecture

- Digital projects -- archives and historical societies

- Digital projects -- museums and art galleries

- Digital projects -- public libraries

- Digital projects -- special libraries

- Digitizing art collections and other rare/fragile materials

- Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

- Getting started with digitization projects

- Grant-funded projects

- Metadata

- Working with faculty

- Working with students

- Working with IT staff

 

We encourage proposals targeted at all levels of experience 

(introductory, intermediate, and advanced) and a wide range of audiences 

(academic librarians, public librarians, special/corporate librarians, 

archivists, museum curators, digital library technologists, library 

administrators, library/information science graduate students).

 

The program committee hopes to have several tracks to accommodate a wide 

range of topics, experience levels, and audiences.

 

Presentation Formats

Proposals are invited for a variety of formats: lecture-style 

presentations, panel discussions, and posters.

 

Submitting a Proposal

Email proposals to dig at bucknell.edu. Proposals must include the 

following information:

 

Proposed session title

One- to two-paragraph abstract

Name(s) and contact information for all presenters

Type of session being proposed (lecture-style presentation, panel 

discussion, or poster)

For lecture-style presentations: level of experience (introductory, 

intermediate, or advanced)

 

Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Notification to proposal 

authors is expected to occur by early May.

 

Feel free to contact Bucknell University's Digital Initiatives Group 

[dig at bucknell.edu] if you have questions or proposal ideas you would 

like to discuss before submitting a proposal.

 

Conference Location

Bucknell University is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The campus is 

in a beautiful rural setting adjacent to the Susquehanna River. 

Harrisburg and State College (home of Penn State University) are about 

an hour away; New York, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and 

Pittsburgh are approximately a three- to four-hour drive.

 

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Laura Riskedahl

Metadata Librarian, Digital Initiatives Group

Library Liaison for Art and Art History

Information Services & Resources

Bucknell University

107 Bertrand Library

(570) 577-3669

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