Collaboration in the DIgital Age
June 24 and 25
Denver Public Library, Colorado Historical Society, and Denver Art Museum
Denver, Colorado

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Program

June 24

Denver Central Library Conference Center

1:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introductions
• Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Lawrence L. Reger, President, Heritage Preservation

Opening Speaker
• Francie Alexander, Senior Vice President of Scholastic Education and Chief Academic Officer of Scholastic Inc.

Panel 1: What Do You Do First? Getting Started with Digitization
      Thinking strategically about digitization
     • Bernard F. Reilly, Jr., President, Center for Research Libraries
      Elements of a digitization project
     • Nancy Allen, Dean and Director, Penrose Library, University of Denver

Panel 2: Taking Control: Guidance and Best Practices
     Gaining intellectual control
     • Susan Chun, Cultural Heritage Consultant

     Making it all last
     • Priscilla Caplan, Assistant Director for Digital Library Services, Florida Center for Library Automation

     Case Study: Getty's Electronic Cataloging Initiative
     • Christina Olsen, Program Officer, Getty Foundation
     • Mary MacNaughton, Director, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College

6:00 p.m. – Keynote Address
Denver Art Museum
• Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum

7:00 p.m. – Reception
Colorado History Museum

June 25

Denver Art Museum

8:00 a.m. – Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – Panel 3: Getting Help
     Products and services you can use
     • Gayle Palmer, Digital & Preservation Services Manager, OCLC Western Service Center

     Improving staff skills
     • Tom Clareson, Program Director, New Initiatives, PALINET

     Sustaining digital projects
     • Toby Graham, Director, Digital Library of Georgia

Panel 4: Better Together
     Collaboration Panel Discussion

     Moderator
     • Leigh Grinstead, Project Coordinator for the Collaborative Digitization Project

     Panelists
     • Emily Gore, Head of Digital Initiatives and IT, Clemson University Libraries, and Co-Director, South Carolina Digital Library
     • Anna Lookabill Scott, Archivist, Aspen Historical Society
     • Ira Revels, Project Manager, Cornell University Library - HBCU Library Alliance Digitization Initiative
     • Janice Franklin, Dean, Alabama State University Library and Learning Resources

1:00 - 3:30 p.m. – Connections Lab and Lunch
Denver Central Library Conference Center