From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Danielle Plumer Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:44 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [syscon-tx] 2009 Texas Heritage Digitization Meeting
The Texas Heritage Digitization will hold its annual meeting on Friday, February 13, 2009 at the Lubbock Public Library <http://library.ci.lubbock.tx.us/> . The theme of this year's meeting is "Preventing Digital Disasters." Our lunch speaker will be Michele Quinn, IT Coordinator at the Rosenberg Public Library, who will discuss the impacts of Hurricane Ike on the infrastructure of the Rosenberg Public Library and the Galveston/Texas History Center. Additional speakers this year include: Ann Howington and Dreanna Belden, University of North Texas Libraries: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program <http://tdnp.unt.edu/> The University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries is the lead institution in the The Texas Digital Newspaper Program <http://tdnp.unt.edu/> , a part of the NEH and Library of Congress National Digital Newspaper Program, also known as Chronicling America. During the next 20 years, NDNP will create a digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 in all 50 states and U.S. territories. While Chronicling America is an important effort and the products of the program so far are impressive (see http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/ <http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/search_fulltext_advanced.html> , the size of our state and the staggering number of newspapers titles published in Texas makes it essential that UNT form partnerships with other institutions and seek creative methods to expand the pace of digitization. Carlos Ovalle, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin. Copyright Questions (and maybe some Answers). Carlos Ovalle is a full time member of the technology staff, a lecturer, and a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin School of Information. He is also an American Library Association Copyright Scholar and a member of the ALA Copyright Advisory Network <http://librarycopyright.net/wordpress/> . He also writes the Copy This <http://www.copythisblog.com/> blog. He will discuss copyright regulation and use permissions, including Creative Commons and similar licenses. Attendees can submit specific questions in advance by emailing [email protected]. Additional presentations will include discussions on Train to Share, the newest project from the Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative; a panel discussion with the 2009 recipients of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission's TexTreasures <http://www.texshare.edu/programs/textreasures/> grants; and a series of "5 minute updates" from various digital projects around the state. Registration The registration fee for the meeting is $15 (includes lunch & breaks), payable at the door. Checks may be written payable to Texas State Library and Archives Commission. If you need to send a payment directly to TSLAC, please address it to: Texas State Library & Archives Commission (TSLAC) PO BOX 12516 Austin TX 78711-2516 To register online, go to http://thdi-2009.eventbrite.com/. Event registration is handled through EventBrite <http://www.eventbrite.com/> ; you will be prompted to create an EventBrite account in order to register. Registration fees will not be accepted online. Hotel Information The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. The cost for the meeting will be $15, and lunch and refreshments will be provided. For those of you planning your travel, we have reserved a block of rooms at the Ashmore Inn & Suites <http://www.ashmoreinn.com/> at the rate of $71 plus tax for the evening of February 12; the hotel has a shuttle to Lubbock's Preston Smith International Airport <http://www.flylia.com/> . Pre-Meeting Workshop A special pre-meeting workshop will be held on Thursday, February 12, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mark Phillips and Jeremy Moore from the University of North Texas Library's Digital Projects Unit <http://www.library.unt.edu/digitalprojects/> will present information about Digitization Workflows. The workshop will give participants concrete examples of selecting equipment, organizing, scanning resolutions, filenaming, organizing it on harddrives, and creating metadata for a variety of platforms and digital asset management systems. Attendance at this workshop is limited to 25 people; the registration fee is $15. The pre-meeting workshop requires separate registration. To register, visit http://thdi-workshop.eventbrite.com/ For more information, contact: Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax) [email protected]
