[SOA] CONTENTdm Midwest Users Group, May 3-4, program posted

[Carleton, Janet]

It's not too late to register for the 2012 CONTENTdm Midwest Users Group Meeting, Thursday, May 3-Friday, May 4, at OCLC, in Dublin, Ohio. 

Program & Schedule now available. Lots of content and opportunities for discussion with fellow users! (Tours are full.)

Now in its 7th year, the Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group welcomes ALL CONTENTdm users, from any region, from beginner to advanced, from any type of library or archives or historical or cultural institution. Please come join us!

User Group meetings provide great opportunities to network, share best practices, and hear about the latest CONTENTdm product updates. 

This is one of only two regional users group meetings this year and the Midwest welcomes participants from all regions.

Registration is FREE. Preregistration deadline is May 1, 6pm (Eastern), however attendance capped at 75. (Onsite registration available, but no guarantee of lunch.)

Please see the meeting site for registration, travel and lodging, and preliminary schedule at  http://sites.google.com/site/cdmmug2012/

- THURSDAY
- Afternoon behind-the-scenes tours at the State Library of Ohio (including born digital state docs in CONTENTdm and the OCLC Digital Archive) & Ohio Historical Society (Tours are FULL, but can be waitlisted)
- Reception, 4-6
- Dinner 6-8 (self-pay)

- FRIDAY
- Traditional Session Track 
- Topical Discussion/Birds of a Feather Track 
- Catered luncheon 
- CONTENTdm Update (OCLC staff) 
- CONTENTdm Tech Q&A (OCLC staff)

Sessions include:
- Accidental Controlled Vocabulary Development: Metadata for Specialized Imagery Collections
- Broadsheets on a Budget: Low-cost Approaches to Newspaper Digitization Projects
- The CONTENTdm Catcher: What's it Good For?
- Creating Community Engagement through Digital Content
- Evolving CONTENTdm Collection Infrastructure: Defining, Expanding, and Reshaping the Organization of Collections
- The Niiyama Japanese Poetic Pottery: An interactive Digital Presentation
- Repurposing & Extending your CONTENTdm Content

Topical Discussions could include: 
- CONTENTdm for Newbies, Metadata topics, CONTENTdm & AV materials, Ver.6 migration, Workflows, Customizations (under the hood), etc.

Questions? Contact any member of the Planning Committee: 
Phil Sager psager at ohiohistory.org, Ohio Historical Society;   Ann Olszewski ann.olszewski at cpl.org, Cleveland Public Library;   Diana Nichols nicholsd at ohio.edu, Ohio University;   Shannon Kupfer skupfer at library.ohio.gov, State Library of Ohio;   Geri Ingram (OCLC Liaison);   Janet Carleton carleton at ohio.edu, Ohio University.

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Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Ohio University Libraries | Alden 322 | Athens, Ohio | carleton at ohio.edu | 740-597-2527 | http://media.library.ohiou.edu/