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Wednesday, July 9

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. -- Registration, breakfast

8:30 - 8:50 a.m. -- Opening, welcome

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 International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University

10:15 - 11:15 a.m. -- Session Two

• Archivists' Toolkit - Brian Hoffman, New York University and Sibyl Roud, Archivists' Toolkit
• Introduction to Streaming Video - Eric Smith, Bucknell University
• Access to Visual Resource Collections - Joan Beaudoin, Drexel University and Rachael Bradley, 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, Ann Hanlon, and Jennie A. Levine, University of Maryland
• The Classical Artifact Research Repository in DSpace: A Partnership with Students- Lois Widmer, Dai Wei, and Jenny Zimmer, 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

At the end of the conference, we will be hosting a Technology Showcase and Poster Exhibit. The Technology Showcase is designed to give attendees an opportunity to demonstrate various technology tools or programs that they have developed or even simple tricks they use to help support digital collection building or metadata production. We envision having presenters set up at small tables with their own laptops to demonstrate tools.

The last day to reserve a hotel room and receive the conference rate is June 16th. Please note that it is not possible to reserve a room online and receive the conference rate; the reservation must be placed over the phone with Country Cupboard Best Western.

Don't miss out--registration for the conference will close on July 1st! You can register here: http://www.bucknell.edu/x42750.xml

The cost to register is $50; $35 for graduate students.

Also, spaces still remain for the Technology Showcase, which will close out the conference. Anyone interested in presenting on a technology tool or digital collection will have the opportunity to share these features in a less formal setting--much like a poster presentation. To find out more information and to sign up, please click here.

If you are interested in serving as a moderator for a session or a special-interest group during lunch, please sign up by filling out this form:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pFZIDo1d0_Vahok1NESUaRA&email=true

A confirmation email will be sent to you with your assignment(s).

Thank you.

We are looking for a few more panelists for a session to discuss using open source software. If you are interested in participating, please contact Abby Clobridge immediately at aclobrid@bucknell.edu. We are looking for a few people from different types of institutions to spend a few minutes talking about their experiences and then we'll spend most of the rest of the session in a discussion or answering questions from audience members.

We are still looking for moderators for presentations and facilitators for special-interest group lunch discussions. Please consider volunteering for either of these roles.

Don't forget -- the deadline for registering to attend the conference is July 1.

Attendees may park in any guest/visitor lot including near the Stadium or in the back of campus. Signs will be posted on campus on the day of the event directing guests to parking.

Registration and the opening session will be held in the Elaine Langone Campus Center. Concurrent sessions will be held in Coleman Hall. Lunch will be in the Larison Dining Hall. The poster sessions, technology showcase, and vendor exhibits will all be held in the Bertrand Library.

Bucknell University is a walkable campus. Follow signs towards parking and then to the Langone Center.