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DPLAfest 2017 has ended
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.
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Michelle Bickert

DPLA
Ebook Program Manager
Milwaukee, WI
Websitepro.dp.la/ebooks
Michelle Bickert is the Ebook Program Manager at DPLA, investigating opportunities for DPLA to help build a healthier ebook ecosystem for libraries. She manages Open Bookshelf and Open eBooks, DPLA programs maximizing digital access to reading materials.
Thursday, April 20
 

9:00am PDT

Welcome to DPLAfest 2017 Pritzker Auditorium

10:45am PDT

SimplyE: Creating a Library-Owned Ebook Solution 8th Floor Meeting Room

11:45am PDT

Lunch Winter Garden

1:00pm PDT

Maximizing Open Access to Ebooks 8th Floor Meeting Room

3:30pm PDT

Building the Library E-content Access Project (LEAP) 3rd Floor Meeting Room

6:00pm PDT

Reception Winter Garden
 
Friday, April 21
 

9:00am PDT

Metadata: Preventing a Digital Junk Drawer Video Theater Partners in econtent discovery: libraries, publishers and vendors (oh my!) 8th Floor Meeting Room Ebooks Discussion 3rd Floor Meeting Room

10:15am PDT

Reimagining the Digital Monograph: Improving the Discovery and Use of Scholarly Ebooks (JSTOR Labs) Chicago Authors Room

11:30am PDT

Annotation for Collaborative Engagement: Lessons for Library Publishing and the Classroom Chicago Authors Room

12:30pm PDT

Lunch Winter Garden

1:45pm PDT

Harnessing Volunteer Power for Operational and Programmatic Success 8th Floor Meeting Room

3:00pm PDT

Closing Remarks Pritzker Auditorium