Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group - Purdue University, West Lafayette

Call for Proposals
Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group – Fourth Annual Meeting
 March 19 and 20, 2009

Hosted by
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana (approx.1 hour shuttle ride from Indianapolis)

 
Connect! Share! Learn! Participate!
The fourth Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group annual meeting will be held March 19 and 20 at Purdue University. Please consider participating in 2009, as part of a panel discussion, as a speaker or as a poster presenter. Proposals are needed by December 15, 2008.

Suggested topics include:
- Audio and video projects
- Building text collections: books, journals, newspapers, dissertations/theses
-Case studies—notable or challenging collections
-Change and revision: modifying an existing collection (replacing digital objects, restructuring collections, mass metadata updates)
- Copyright compliance
-Metadata issues: migrating, harvesting, repurposing, Unicode  
- Publicizing collections and services
-System integration and interoperability: CONTENTdm collections in the wider institutional landscape, (ie linking to website, RSS feed, meta searches, use of API)
-Workflow, staffing, and project management models
 
Proposals may be submitted for a  40-minute presentation; a 30-minute breakout session, or a presentation as a member of a panel discussion.

All participants are invited to bring a simple poster to share some aspect of their local CONTENTdm collections.

Please complete this form to submit a proposal:

Program Title:

Target Level of Audience (User): Beginner Intermediate/Advanced

Type of  Program
40-minute presentation

30-minute breakout session

Panel presentation - I will coordinate a panel on this topic:

Panelist: I will participate as a panelsit, preparing a 10 minute presentation
Suggested panel topics: Developer's forum, Copyright issues, Modifications to existing collection, Metadata issues, Notable collections, Text collections)

Poster Topic (deadline is Feb 1.)

Description of the Program or Poster:

Person Submitting This Proposal:

Name

Institution

Address1

Address2

City    State   Zip Code

Phone   FAX   Email

Submit this proposal

The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2008.

Questions, please contact the Program Committee Chair:

Nicole Saylor nicole-saylor@uiowa.edu

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This Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group has evolved from the Ohio CONTENTdm Users Group.  Now in its fourth year, this group welcomes all users. In 2008 participants came from Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.