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DPLAfest 2017

DPLAfest 2017—the fourth major gathering of the Digital Public Library of America’s broad community—will take place on April 20-21, 2017 in Chicago at Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center. For more information, visit the DPLA website.

Adrian Turner

California Digital Library
Senior Product Manager
Oakland, CA

8:00am PDT

Registration and Check In Harold Washington Library Center

9:00am PDT

Welcome to DPLAfest 2017 Pritzker Auditorium

10:45am PDT

Lightning Round 1 Pritzker Auditorium Linking Nevada: Enhancing Local Authority Data to Improve Access to Digital Collections Chicago Authors Room ResourceSync: An overview of capabilities and real-world use cases for discovery, harvesting, and synchronization of resources on the web Multipurpose Room B

11:45am PDT

DPLA Board of Directors Update over lunch South Hall

1:00pm PDT

EuropeanaTech: Synergizing Europe's cultural heritage digital infrastructure Multipurpose Room B

2:15pm PDT

Advancing the National Digital Platform: The State of Digitization in US Public and State Libraries Pritzker Auditorium

3:30pm PDT

Turn the Rights On: A RightsStatements.org Update and Comparison of Regional Rights Standardization Projects Pritzker Auditorium

9:00am PDT

Lightning Round 2 Pritzker Auditorium Metadata: Preventing a Digital Junk Drawer Video Theater

10:15am PDT

Hydra-in-a-Box Project Update Pritzker Auditorium Lost in Aggregation: Towards Inclusive Metadata and Descriptive Practices in Digital Collections Reception Room

11:30am PDT

Changing course in a technology project: The case of DPLA ingestion Pritzker Auditorium Cultural Heritage and Social Change: Libraries Measuring Social Impact Multipurpose Room B

1:45pm PDT

Improving Discovery and Patron Experience Through Data Mining Video Theater Managing Relationships, Managing Metadata: Digital Library Collaborations Between Institutions and Across Sectors Pritzker Auditorium

3:00pm PDT

Closing Remarks Pritzker Auditorium