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ALCTS e-Forum: Working with Digital Repositories

August 14-15, 2018

Moderated by Anna Neatrour and Maggie Dickson

Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!

Registration information is at the end of the message.

Each day, discussion begins and ends at:

Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Many libraries use digital repositories as solutions for preserving, managing, and sharing their digital resources. However staffing levels, workflows, and content selection and curation may vary broadly from institution to institution. In this e-forum we will discuss digital repositories broadly, giving participants an opportunity to share and learn about emerging trends, best practices, and strategies for tackling common challenges.

Moderators

Anna Neatrour is the Digital Initiatives Librarian for the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library, where she oversees descriptive metadata creation and supports digital projects involving emerging technology. Previously, she was a metadata librarian at the Marriott Library and at the Mountain West Digital Library. She received her MLIS from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Maggie Dickson is the Metadata Architect for Duke University Libraries, where she provides leadership and support for the creation and maintenance of metadata for digital projects, the Duke Digital Repository, and beyond. Prior to this position she has worked as a digital projects librarian at the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University. She received her MLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

What Is an e-Forum?

An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free.

For information about upcoming e-forums, please visit http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum

How to Register

You must register your email address to subscribe to or access an electronic discussion list on ALA's Mailing List Service. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the list. Find instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing online. (http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum/sympa)

If you have any problems, please contact alcts-eforum-request@lists.ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.*