[SOA] OhioDIG Meeting Nov 14 - registration open

[Carleton, Janet]

Registration for the November 14th Ohio Digitization Interest Group meeting is now open! 

Please join us for our discussion group meeting which will include a presentation on the Technical Aspects of Newspaper Digitization by:
Jenni Salamon & Kevin Latta of the OHS National Digital Newspaper Project in Ohio (http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ondp/);
 and 
Laurie Gemmill Arp of the LYRASIS Digitization Collaborative (http://www.lyrasis.org/LYRASIS%20Digital/Pages/Content%20Creation%20and%20Management/Digitization-Collaborative.aspx ).

Register at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGlETTlXeElrZ2ZNRk1GMllYd0dtQVE6MA by Monday, November 11, 5pm. 

- Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 10 am-1 pm 

- Location: Ohio Historical Society, 3rd Floor, Columbus 

- Hosts: Jillian Carney (jcarney at ohiohistory.org) & Lily Birkhimer (lbirkhimer at ohiohistory.org), of OHS 

- Cost: There is no fee for attending. 

- Food: Coffee & cookies will be offered at the start of the meeting. Lunch will be brown bag. A limited selection of vending machines available on site, and there is usually a food truck at OHS on Thursdays. 

Agenda: 
- 10-10:30 coffee social; 
- 10:30-11:30 presentation & discussion on topic (technical aspects of newspaper digitization)
- 11:30-11:45 break 
- 11:45-1pm brown bag lunch: all-attendee updates, "members" meeting, discussion 

Directions & parking:
- Parking is free, no pass needed.
- Tell the ticket desk staff you are there for the OhioDIG meeting.
- Directions: http://www.ohiohistory.org/museums-and-historic-sites/museum--historic-sites-by-name/ohio-history-center/getting-here-traffic-and-parking

About OhioDIG: The Ohio Digitization Interest Group is an informal discussion group open to those with an interest in digitization in the archives/library/museum/historical society world. The group has been on hiatus for a few years, but we plan to follow this November meeting with every other month meetings in central Ohio. 

Online: The website, http://ohiodig.org/ , has not yet been updated, but will be soon. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OhioDIG/ . Sign up for the Listserv at http://ohiodig.org/listserv.html .

Planning Committee: Jane Wildermuth (jane.wildermuth at wright.edu ), Nathan Tallman (ntallman at huc.edu), Janet Carleton (carleton at ohio.edu ),  Jillian Carney (jcarney at ohiohistory.org),  Lily Birkhimer (lbirkhimer at ohiohistory.org)

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OHIO University Libraries

Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Alden 322 | 1 Ohio University | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | carleton at ohio.edu | http://media.library.ohiou.edu | @jcarletonoh / @AldenLibDigital | http://pinterest.com/OhioDigiArchive/

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