[Dspace-general] Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference - Final Call for Proposals

[Abby Clobridge]

This is a final call for proposals for the Mid-Atlantic Digital Library 
Conference.

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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.

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
- Institutional repositories
- 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.

-- 
Abby Clobridge
Digital Initiatives Group Leader
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
aclobrid at bucknell.edu
(570) 577-3913