Woops! Now everyone knows the back-story for the NDSA program plan, and 
about my return trip to Maine. Ah, well. Apologies! -JGK

On 8/28/14 3:58 PM, Jennifer Gunter King wrote:
> Meghan,
>
> This looks wonderful! Thank you so much for getting this out there.
>
> I had a great trip to SAA, and while I ended up not having a chance to 
> speak with Brad Westbrook (I will send him an email), I did connect 
> with Mark Matienzo, Director of Technology for the Digital Public 
> Library of America. He had some really interesting things to say at a 
> meeting I attended on the issues around proprietary metadata (how can 
> there even be such a thing?!) I asked him if he would be interested in 
> talking to the Five Colleges, via the NDSA New England meeting. He is, 
> but he has a busy October, and may or may not be able to do the 30th, 
> but I will see. When I asked him, I just assumed he is in Boston given 
> that DPLA is headquartered there, but he is actually living in NY, 
> which could also mean some travel expenses. Not sure about that part.
>
> I'll let you know more about both ArchivesSpace and DPLA soon. In the 
> meantime, just wanted to thank you for getting the "Save the Date" 
> out. It was fun seeing you across the way at Big Y. We got back from 
> Maine late on Sunday, and Monday was a catch up day. I had my 
> daughters with me - we had just spent a very exhausting, though 
> successful, 2 hours shopping for shoes/cleats.
>
> -Jennifer
>
> On 8/18/14 12:27 PM, Meghan Banach Bergin wrote:
>> Hello fellow NDSA members!
>>
>> The Five College Digital Preservation Task Force is hosting a 
>> regional NDSA meeting on October 30th.  It will most likely be held 
>> at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  We are still working out 
>> the details, but we envision a day-long event with presentations in 
>> the morning and CAMP-like discussions in the afternoon - discussion 
>> themes generated by participants.  The presentations will include an 
>> opening from a representative about the NDSA and its activities and 
>> then presentations from regional NDSA members on their NDSA work and 
>> relevant institutional work.  It will be a chance to share what we 
>> are all working on.
>>
>> Presentations from NDSA regional members could either be 15-20 minute 
>> presentations, a 5 minute lightening talk, or a poster presentation 
>> that might generate further discussion for the afternoon.
>>
>> If you are interested in attending, whether or not you'd like to 
>> present, please let us know at this site: RSVP 
>> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11ou7PAcG9zXnnPNz19_iGyEPBf5UdFLjMBPUTgKKMPo/viewform?usp=send_form>
>>
>>
>> Jennifer Gunter King and I are coordinating the event so if you have 
>> any questions you can email one of us.
>>
>>
>> - Meghan and Jennifer
>>
>> ******************************************
>> Meghan Banach Bergin
>> Coordinator, Bibliographic Access and Metadata Unit
>> Information Resources Management Department/W.E.B. Du Bois Library
>> University of Massachusetts
>> 154 Hicks Way
>> Amherst, MA  01003
>> Telephone  (413) 545-6846
>> Fax  (413) 545-6494
>> E-mail  [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> "If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even 
>> less."--General Eric Shinseki, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff
>>
>

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Jennifer Gunter King, Director
Harold F. Johnson Library
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