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Second Annual Digital Library Conference and Vendor Fair, Hogan Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, October 25, 2007

May I Digitize this Photo? Go With the Flow
When may we digitize a photograph, diary, letter? When is an old photo in the public domain? If it’s not, is there still a way we can scan it legally? What disclaimers should we use? This talk uses an easy to follow flow chart to help make sense of complicated questions.

Speaker: Mary Minow, Library Law Consultant

The Digital Commonwealth: the Bridge to Library 2.0
Library 2.0 projects have the potential of transforming library staff and programs, and engaging patrons in new levels of involvement in their community and library. Building the Digital Commonwealth will allow libraries to implement ideas and technologies associated with Library 2.0 and identify individuals who can help them manage the transition to this new technology. What’s the downside? We’ll talk about that too!

Speaker: Marshall Keys, Library Consultant, MDA Consulting

Breakout sessions:

Virtual Archives: Preparing to Create a Digital Collection / Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, Preservation Specialist at the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Case Study: Statewide Digital Project, Connecticut History Online / Kendall Wiggin, Connecticut State Librarian

The Future of the Past: Digital Libraries in the Age of Social Software/ Elizabeth Thomsen, Services Manager for NOBLE, the North of Boston Library Exchange

How do they do it? Displaying Digital Images on the Web / Nancy Heywood, Digital Projects Coordinator, Massachusetts Historical Society

Scanning 101 / Scott Kehoe, Technology Consultant, Northeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System

Case Study: Museum Imaging Workflow / David Mathews, Manager, Imaging Studio, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

New Trends for a Traditional Subject: Primary Sources and the World Wide Web in Teacher Training and K-12 Curriculum Support / Jayne Gordon, Director of Education and Public Programs, Massachusetts Historical Society and Kathleen Barker, Education Coordinator, Massachusetts Historical Society

Building Repositories: Three Perspectives / Ann Devenish, MBLWHOI Library, Woods Hole, MA; Michael Bennett, Access Services Supervisor, CW/MARS; Mark Caprio, Digital Repository Program Manager, Boston College

Metadata Considerations for Digital Collections / Amy Benson, Program Director, Digital Services, NELINET, Inc.

Case Studies in Digital Collaboration: Sudbury’s Goodnow Library and Town Departments and the Topsfield Historical Society and Town Library / Bill Talentino, Director, Goodnow Library, Sudbury; Laura Scott Lowell, Goodnow Library, Sudbury; Bill Whiting, Topsfield Historical Society; and Jackie White, Director, Topsfield Town Library.

Picture This! (But Don’t Forget the Context) /' Ronald A. Gagnon, Executive Director, North of Boston Library Exchange

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