[SOA] OhioDIG May 20 meeting registration open

[Carleton, Janet]

Please join us at the next Ohio Digitization Interest Group meeting.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015.
Program: "Project Management for Digitization"
Speaker: Laurie Gemmill Arp, director, Digital & Preservation Services, LYRASIS.
Talk: The talk will provide an overview of project management for digitization projects. We will look at project management throughout the process focusing on: managing the process, concentrating on best practices, execution, and evaluation. Will also include time for discussion of lessons learned from the attendees.

Register: by Monday 5/18, 5pm. Limited to 50 (room limit). 
Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IqpfRF_YjbhZp0dZINrJOtyA8tauskjgbkQLSMUAx-M/viewform?usp=send_form

Host: Angela O'Neal, Local History & Genealogy manager, Columbus Metropolitan Public Library

Site: Meeting will be held at the Columbus Metro, NEW Whitehall Branch, 4445 E. Broad St, Columbus. Tours will be of both the New building, and Old building (temporary location of the Local History & Genealogy library).

TOURS - 2 locations:
- Whitehall is the second of the 10 new buildings CML plans to open in the next five years. The newest library in the CML system, Whitehall is a model for the 21st century library with extensive children's areas (including a recording studio for teens), multiple meeting rooms, and quiet spaces. More: http://www.columbuslibrary.org/locations/Whitehall
- Local History & Genealogy is temporarily located in the Old Whitehall branch building (two doors down from the new Whitehall branch) while Main Library is under construction. The building is a full-service research library. The tour will include an introduction to the collection, the digitization lab, microfilm area, and closed stacks. More: http://www.columbuslibrary.org/locations/Local%20History%20and%20Genealogy

- DIRECTIONS/PARKING: Plenty of parking at New Whitehall http://www.columbuslibrary.org/locations/Whitehall. For the Old Whitehall tour, carpooling or walking recommended http://www.columbuslibrary.org/locations/Local%20History%20and%20Genealogy.

AGENDA
- 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 optional: tour 1 NEW Whitehall branch (limited to 15 people);
- 1:15-1:45 optional: tour 2 OLD Whitehall branch, Local History & Genealogy (limited to 10 people);
- 1:55-2:25 optional: tour 3 NEW Whitehall branch (limited to 15 people);
- 1:55-2:25 optional: tour 4 OLD Whitehall branch, Local History & Genealogy (limited to 10 people);

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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. We meet every other month in central Ohio (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov).

Ohio Digitization Interest Group - http://ohiodig.org/ | Regional Events Calendar: http://ohiodig.org/calendar.html | Listserv: http://ohiodig.org/listserv.html | Meetings: http://ohiodig.org/meetings.html | Resources: http://ohiodig.org/resources.html | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OhioDIG/ | Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/ohiodig/ 

Planning Group
- Lily Birkhimer, digital projects coordinator, Ohio History Connection
- Janet Carleton, digital initiatives coordinator, Ohio University
- Jillian Carney, manager, digital services, Ohio History Connection
- Shannon Kupfer, digital/tangible media cataloger, State Library of Ohio
- Marcus Ladd, special collections digital librarian, Miami University
- Amy McCrory, digital imaging specialist, Ohio State University
- Nathan Tallman, digital content strategist, University of Cincinnati
- Jane Wildermuth, head, digital services, Wright State University  


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