Join us TOMORROW - Free Webinar on Building Commitment for Long-Term Access to Digital Materials

[Patricia Hswe]

(apologies for cross posting)

Just a reminder:

The ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group is pleased to announce the Tuesday, May 22nd, 1pm Eastern "Conversations with..." webinar entitled "Building Commitment for Long-Term Access to Digital Materials" by Liz Bishoff, President, The Bishoff Group LLC.

Sessions are open to everyone, but spots are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is NOT required. On the scheduled day and time of the discussion, log in using the link information provided below. Attendees can listen via computer speakers and participate via text chat. Attendees may log in up to 20 minutes prior to the session. Webinar materials will be archived on our ALA Connect website for later asynchronous viewing. 

Please consult the ALA Connect page for more information http://connect.ala.org/node/132171

The webinar software we will be using is called iLinc. Prior to the webinar, you should check to make sure your system meets the minimal requirements: http://www.ilinc.com/services/support/requirements

Please join us! 

Marisa Ramirez, Convener
Patricia Hswe, Co-Convener
Yasmeen Shorish, Recorder
ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group 
 
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MAY

TOPIC: Building Commitment for Long-Term Access to Digital Materials 
DATE & TIME: Tuesday, May 22nd, 1pm Eastern
SPEAKER: Liz Bishoff, President, The Bishoff Group LLC

URL: https://ala.ilinc.com/join/rbbvymc

DESCRIPTION: This session will cover recent research into digital preservation policy and practice development, with a focus on building commitment across the library, including with administrators, to developing all of the resources needed to achieve digital preservation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:  Liz Bishoff is the president of the Bishoff Group, LLC. Previously she was the director of Digital & Preservation Services of BCR; special assistant to the Dean of Libraries and head of the Office of Sponsored Programs, University of Colorado, Boulder; vice president for Digital Collection Services at OCLC; and former executive director of the Colorado Digitization Program. Bishoff has worked with libraries and museums in several states including Alabama, Kansas, South and North Carolina, Missouri, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York and Tennessee, on various aspects of their collaborative digitization initiatives. She led  the development of collaborative best practices in metadata; including the Western States Metadata Dublin Core Best Practices. Bishoff was a faculty member for NEDCC's School for Scanning, Persistence of Memory and Stewardship of Digital Assets.  Most recently Bishoff was the Project Coordinator and faculty member for the NEH funded Staying on TRAC workshop.
 
Bishoff has been a member of the American Library Association's Council, the ALA Board and is a past treasurer of the American Library Association.
Preservation.


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Marisa Ramirez 
Digital Repository Librarian 
California Polytechnic State University 
mram...@calpoly.edu 
http://lib.calpoly.edu/scholarship/ 

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Patricia Hswe, MSLIS, PhD
Digital Collections Curator

Penn State University Libraries

W311 Pattee Library
University Park, PA 16802
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IM: pm...@chat.psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-3702
Fax: 814-865-3665

http://patriciahswe.net/