Dear NDSA members,

Apologies for cross-posting this conference announcement.   Best Practices Exchange 2011:  "Distilling Digital Collections," October 20-22 in Lexington, KY, is currently seeking proposals for sessions.

I thought it may be useful to highlight this conference, as this could be a great forum for any of the working groups to propose/present/receive feedback on some of the projects you're working on and to share your experiences as NDSA members with the BPE community.  See below for information about submitting a proposal.  The proposal deadline is September 15.

In addition to the regular exchange sessions, highlighted speakers include:
Michael Wash, chief information officer for the National Archives and Records Administration
Leslie Johnston, chief of the repository development center at the Library of Congress
Doug Robinson, executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers
Vicki Walch, executive director of the Council of State Archivists

BPE website:  www.bpexchange.org/2011<http://www.bpexchange.org/2011>

Registration for BPE is open.  Registration is $125 for the conference.

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Call for Proposals

We are seeking proposals for sessions to be presented at the 6th annual Best Practices Exchange (BPE), which will be held in Lexington, KY, at the Hyatt Regency hotel, October 20-22, 2011. The BPE is a conference that focuses on the management of digital information in state government, and it brings together practitioners to discuss their real-world experiences, including best practices and lessons learned.

Following the format of past Best Practices Exchanges we encourage you, the attendees, to present your projects and experiences, successes, failures and lessons learned. This year's conference has four broad tracks. Each track is enumerated below, along with a list of themes embraced by each track. We ask that potential speakers be guided, but not limited, by the themes indicated.

Each session will be 90 minutes long with two or more speakers per session.  We ask that you keep presentations to 10-15 minutes to allow for discussion and engagement with the audience.  Proposals should include an abstract of 100 words or less, the proposed track (if applicable), and the name, title, email, phone number and organization of each presenter.  You may submit a proposal for one speaker, which will then be paired with others by the program committee; or a proposal for a full session with multiple speakers (please contact and confirm the other speakers prior to submission.)  For more information about proposals, please see the "Presentations" page on the website at:  http://www.bpexchange.org/2011/?page_id=16

1) Access:  Online access; should everything be accessible; FOIA/Open Records issues; legal issues with access
2) Sustainability:  Budget/funding issues; technology (IT consolidation, lack of IT support); life after the grant; evaluation, statistics, and user feedback.
3) Digital Projects:  Lessons learned; what worked and what didn't; solutions; new tools or services
4) Collaboration and Community: Support groups and user communities; shared  services; user services; library/archives crossovers

Proposals are due by September 15, 2011.  Please send all session proposals to Mark Myers, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>


Best regards,
Erin

Erin Engle
Digital Archivist
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
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