OCLC will present the fifth annual OCLC Digital Forum West on September 16-17, 2009, in Los Angeles, California, at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center. This year’s Forum will focus on Convergence: Where Metadata and Access Meet for Digital Discovery and Delivery.
The Forum will feature national experts from the archival, museum and library communities who will discuss current projects and initiatives exploring creation of metadata for digital discovery and delivery. Four of these distinguished presenters include:
- Anne J. Gilliland (keynote speaker), Professor, Information Studies & Moving Image Archive Studies and Chair of the UCLA Department of Information Studies. Ms. Gilliland also serves as Director of the Center for Information as Evidence.
- Maureen Whalen, Associate General Counsel for the J. Paul Getty Trust, who will speak on the balance between rights of organizations and users.
Kristine Brancolini, Dean of University Libraries, Loyola Marymount University.
- Dr. John Falk, Sea Grant Professor in Free-Choice Learning, Oregon State University.
Other presentations and panel discussions will highlight national projects of significance relating to metadata, tagging of content and the convergence of new forms of delivery of digital collections to 21st century learners.
The Forum is designed to offer a smaller and more intimate meeting setting where participants can share knowledge and create networks with other organizations. Join us for some small group discussions at the Getty. It is an ideal educational opportunity for librarians, archivists and museum staff who are charged with creating digital access to collections.
Register now for the OCLC Digital Forum West. To contact OCLC Digital Programs, please call 1-800-848-5878, ext. 4041, or e-mail OCLCDigitalPrograms@oclc.org.
The OCLC Digital Forum West is co-sponsored by the Getty Research Institute, Orbis Cascade Alliance, OCLC Digital Programs and OCLC Digital Collection Services.
Save the date for the OCLC Digital Forum East
For the first time OCLC Digital Programs will present this event on the East Coast, at the Arlington Public Library in Arlington, Virginia. The theme will also focus on Convergence: Where Metadata and Access Meet for Digital Discovery and Delivery. Speakers, registration and additional details to be announced soon.
OCLC Digital Forum East
Thursday, November 5, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Arlington Public Library
Arlington, Virginia
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