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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.

Diana Duncan

Field Museum
Techincal Services Librarian
Chicago, IL

Diana Duncan is currently the Technical Services Librarian at the Field Museum Library in Chicago. She began at the Museum as the Rare Book Cataloger in 2007 after working as the Rare Book Cataloger for the Chicago Botanic Garden. Prior to becoming a librarian Diana had a fifteen year career in IT.

8:00am PDT

Registration and Check In Harold Washington Library Center

9:00am PDT

Welcome to DPLAfest 2017 Pritzker Auditorium

10:30am PDT

Break TBA

10:45am PDT

Linking Nevada: Enhancing Local Authority Data to Improve Access to Digital Collections Chicago Authors Room

11:45am PDT

Lunch Winter Garden

1:00pm PDT

A Report on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting: Using computational tools and crowdsourcing games to increase metadata and discoverability of digital collections Pritzker Auditorium EuropeanaTech: Synergizing Europe's cultural heritage digital infrastructure Multipurpose Room B

2:00pm PDT

Break TBA

2:15pm PDT

Omeka, Mirador and Viscoll: Developing modular, interoperable tools with IIIF Multipurpose Room B

3:15pm PDT

Break TBA

3:30pm PDT

The Walking Art Collection: How Tattoos Tell Stories of Identity Multipurpose Room B

6:00pm PDT

Reception Winter Garden

8:30am PDT

Registration and Check In Harold Washington Library Center

9:00am PDT

Foundations to Actions: Extending Innovations in Digital Libraries in Partnership with NDSR Learners Chicago Authors Room Metadata: Preventing a Digital Junk Drawer Video Theater

10:00am PDT

Break TBA

10:15am PDT

The New Digital Collections of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center: Rediscovering Old Maps through Engagement Multipurpose Room B

11:15am PDT

Break TBA

11:30am PDT

Changing course in a technology project: The case of DPLA ingestion Pritzker Auditorium

12:30pm PDT

Lunch Winter Garden

1:45pm PDT

Harnessing Volunteer Power for Operational and Programmatic Success 8th Floor Meeting Room Managing Relationships, Managing Metadata: Digital Library Collaborations Between Institutions and Across Sectors Pritzker Auditorium

2:45pm PDT

Break TBA

3:00pm PDT

Closing Remarks Pritzker Auditorium