[SOA] RSVP for July 22 meeting - State Digitization Hubs @ Columbus Metro

[Carleton, Janet]

Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group at our July meeting at 10am on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at the Columbus Metropolitan Public Library.

Our discussion group meeting will include a presentation on "Equipment: The Foundation for a Digital Hub" with optional tours of the CML digitization lab (preregistration required for tours).

Registration: Limited to 45. Tours are limited to 15. Please register by Friday July 18, 5pm, at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13esE8niGpfGvCFO_Ou9KqDzHf8zRUBodWKZ-ghgkATc/viewform?fbzx=1010617541435984753 

Theme: "Equipment: The Foundation for a Digital Hub"
Speakers:
- Meg Delaney, Toledo Lucas County Public Library
- Chatham Ewing, digital initiatives & services strategist, Cleveland Public Library
- Stephen Hedges, executive director, OPLIN
- Katrina Marshall, digital services manager, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
- Angela O'Neal, Local History & Genealogy manager, Columbus Metropolitan Public Library 

The Digital Hubs Project, a collaboration between the Cleveland Public Library, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library to develop a statewide program for digitizing and accessing materials relative to local and state importance. With funding from IMLS through the LSTA program, the State Library of Ohio and OPLIN, these four hub libraries will also reach out to other libraries with limited digitization capabilities to enhance their own digitization efforts. Phase One of the project involves purchasing specialized equipment for the Hubs and developing service models. In this session, participants will discuss how to select equipment for digitization projects, working with vendors and lessons learned in building a digital lab. An update on the Hubs project and next steps will also be provided.

- Host/Program: Angela O'Neal.
- Food: Coffee & cookies will be offered at the start of the meeting. Lunch will be brown bag.
- Cost: There is no fee for attending, but we will be accepting donations for the coffee kitty.

Agenda
- 9:30-10:00 tour of CML digitization lab - FULL!
- 10:00-10:30 coffee social (coffee & cookies);
- 10:30-11:30 presentation and discussion on topic;
- 11:30-11:45 break;
- 11:45-1:00 brown bag lunch: all-attendee updates, "members" meeting, discussion;
- 1:15- optional: small group discussions (user groups, birds of a feather)
- 1:15-1:45 tour of CML digitization lab (limited to 15 people)
- 1:45-2:15 tour of CML digitization lab (limited to 15 people)

Site: Columbus Metropolitan Public Library, Main Library, Genealogy, History and Travel division, 3rd floor, 96 S. Grant Avenue, Columbus.

Directions/Parking: See: http://www.columbuslibrary.org/locations/Main%20Library for a map. If you are taking I-71, the Broad St. exit is currently open both directions. From Broad St., go west to Grant Ave. Turn left on Grant and left on Library Park to enter the library's parking garage. Proceed to the third floor of the library to the Genealogy, History and Travel division. Please bring your parking ticket in with you to the event so that it can be validated.

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.

Web: http://ohiodig.org/meetings.html | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OhioDIG/ | LinkedIn | Sign up for the Listserv at http://ohiodig.org/listserv.html .

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