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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.

Toby Greenwalt

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Director of Digital Strategy
Pittsburgh, PA

Open data, personal digital archiving, inclusive community memory projects, mapping

8:00am PDT

Registration and Check In Harold Washington Library Center

9:00am PDT

Welcome to DPLAfest 2017 Pritzker Auditorium

10:45am PDT

The Impact of Digital Communication on Civic Engagement Reception Room

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

2:15pm PDT

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

3:30pm PDT

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

9:00am PDT

Foundations to Actions: Extending Innovations in Digital Libraries in Partnership with NDSR Learners Chicago Authors Room

10:15am PDT

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

11:30am PDT

Cultural Heritage and Social Change: Libraries Measuring Social Impact Multipurpose Room B

1:45pm PDT

Digital Publishing at the Art Institute of Chicago: Discoverability, Adaptability and Access Reception Room 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