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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">The webinar described below will be on Wednesday, November 2<sup>nd</sup> from 10:00 to 11:30 am Pacific time. Best I can tell, it’s free.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2011/10/digitizing-hidden-collections-success-stories-from-small-and-medium-sized-digitization-projects-webinar-announcement/">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2011/10/digitizing-hidden-collections-success-stories-from-small-and-medium-sized-digitization-projects-webinar-announcement/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> District Dispatch [mailto:jroberts@alawash.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 04, 2011 9:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Maurer<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [District Dispatch] Digitizing Hidden Collections: Success Stories from Small and Medium-sized Digitization Projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Although large-scale initiatives receive the lion’s share of the attention when we talk about digitization projects, countless small and
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digitization projects provide invaluable access to hidden collections from North American libraries, archives, and museums. Spurred by the OITP Perspectives paper, “<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/KTBSQPMGOC/7410796126" target="_blank" title="Digitizing Hidden Collections in Public Libraries">Digitizing
Hidden Collections in Public Libraries</a>, (pdf)” this 90-minute <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/ILUKQPMGOD/7410796126" target="_blank" title="register">
webinar</a> is aimed at sharing success stories, best practices, and the lessons learned to encourage other successful projects. Panelists include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/NBPDQPMGOE/7410796126" title="Gwen Glazer">Gwen Glazer</a> from Cornell University Library, 2010 Google Fellow with ALA, and author of “<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/FQGLQPMGOF/7410796126" target="_blank" title="Digitizing Hidden Collections in Public Libraries">Digitizing
Hidden Collections in Public Libraries</a> (pdf)”<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/CWCDQPMGOG/7410796126" target="_blank" title="Jason Kucsma">Jason Kucsma</a> from the Metropolitan New York Library Council and co-editor of “Digitization in the Real World”<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/LKRTQPMGOH/7410796126" target="_blank" title="Natalie Milbrodt">Natalie Milbrodt</a>, Project Manager for Queens Memory Project, will discuss her recent work on a collaborative digitization project<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/GDUDQPMGOI/7410796126" target="_blank" title="Beth Goble">Beth Goble</a> and
<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/FGHNQPMGOJ/7410796126" target="_blank" title="Devra Dragos">
Devra Dragos</a>, Nebraska Library Commission, will discuss The Nebraska Memories Project that provides access to important collections held by libraries and historical societies in Nebraska<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/OAGAQPMGOK/7410796126" target="_blank" title="Erin Kinney">Erin Kinney</a>, Wyoming State Library, will discuss the
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Larry Carey, <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/OTWQQPMGOM/7410796126" target="_blank" title="Tompkins County Public Library">
Tompkins County Public Library</a>, will discuss the library's <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/DAXJQPMEGB/DTCJQPMGON/7410796126" target="_blank" title="local history">
local-history</a> digitization initiative<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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Real-life, practical strategies for initiating and managing projects and how those strategies could be applied more broadly<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Where to find best practices for a variety of digital project needs (conversion, metadata standards, storage, access etc.)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
How to create a successful collaborative project between multiple institutions<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Short survey of initiatives aimed at providing increased access to collections (via portals, directories, etc...)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Date: </strong>Wednesday, November 2, 2011 <strong> </strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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