Call for Proposals -- Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference 2008
http://blogs.bucknell.edu/DigitalLibraryConference2008/
July 9, 2008
Hosted by Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

ALL PROPOSALS DUE BY MAY 1, 2008

March 18, 2008, Lewisburg, PA -- Bucknell University's
Library & 
Technology Division is pleased to issue this Call for
Proposals for the 
first Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference. The
conference goal is to 
bring together librarians and technologists from a wide
range of 
cultural heritage institutions such as colleges and
universities, 
libraries, museums, historical societies, and art galleries,
who are 
interested in providing digital access to their collections.
The 
conference seeks to support this community through a mix of
speakers, 
contributed papers and posters, workshops, and engaging
discussion. The 
conference will be held on July 9, 2008.

Audience
Librarians, technologists, and other information
professionals with 
responsibility for or an interest in digitization projects,
metadata, 
and digital library systems. Sessions will range in scope
and depth. 
Some sessions will be appropriate for those with no prior
knowledge in 
the field, while others will be more technical in nature.

Conference Topics
Conference presentations are sought in all areas related to
digital 
libraries, including the following:

- Case studies
- Collaborative projects
- Digital content for teaching (K-12)
- Digital content for teaching (higher education)
- Digital images
- Digital library systems and architecture
- Digital projects -- archives and historical societies
- Digital projects -- museums and art galleries
- Digital projects -- public libraries
- Digital projects -- special libraries
- Digitizing art collections and other rare/fragile
materials
- Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
- Getting started with digitization projects
- Grant-funded projects
- Metadata
- Working with faculty
- Working with students
- Working with IT staff

We encourage proposals targeted at all levels of experience

(introductory, intermediate, and advanced) and a wide range
of audiences 
(academic librarians, public librarians, special/corporate
librarians, 
archivists, museum curators, digital library technologists,
library 
administrators, library/information science graduate
students).

The program committee hopes to have several tracks to
accommodate a wide 
range of topics, experience levels, and audiences.

Presentation Formats
Proposals are invited for a variety of formats:
lecture-style 
presentations, panel discussions, and posters.

Submitting a Proposal
Email proposals to digbucknell.edu. Proposals must include the 
following information:

Proposed session title
One- to two-paragraph abstract
Name(s) and contact information for all presenters
Type of session being proposed (lecture-style presentation,
panel 
discussion, or poster)
For lecture-style presentations: level of experience
(introductory, 
intermediate, or advanced)

Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Notification
to proposal 
authors is expected to occur by early May.

Feel free to contact Bucknell University's Digital
Initiatives Group 
[digbucknell.edu] if you have questions or proposal ideas
you would 
like to discuss before submitting a proposal.

Conference Location
Bucknell University is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
The campus is 
in a beautiful rural setting adjacent to the Susquehanna
River. 
Harrisburg and State College (home of Penn State University)
are about 
an hour away; New York, Washington D.C., Baltimore,
Philadelphia and 
Pittsburgh are approximately a three- to four-hour drive.

-- 
Abby Clobridge
Digital Initiatives Group Leader
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
aclobridbucknell.edu
(570) 577-3913

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