Hello:
OCLC Western is pleased to present the fourth
annual OCLC Western Digital Forum on August 14-15, 2008, in Tacoma, Washington
at the Hotel Murano. This year’s forum will focus on Making Digitization
Count: Assessment and Evaluation Practices.
The forum will feature national experts from the
archival, museum and library communities who will discuss current projects to
create and automate evaluation and assessment tasks for digital collections.
Three of these distinguished presenters include:
• Kate Haley Goldman
(Keynote speaker), Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Learning
Innovation, Annapolis MD
• Elizabeth Yakel, Assistant Professor, University
of Michigan School of Information
• Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Professor, School of
Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
The program will also explore how evaluation and
assessment methods inform decision making for digital collections. Presentations
will highlight national projects of significance relating to evaluation and
assessment of digital collection users, 21st century learners and model
practices for digital program assessment. The forum is designed to offer a
smaller and more intimate meeting setting where participants can share knowledge
and create networks with other organizations that are working to develop
assessment and evaluation practices. It is an ideal educational opportunity for
librarians, archivists and museum staff who are charged with creating digital
access to collections. So please make your plans now to join your colleagues at
this dynamic national event.
For more information about the 2008 OCLC Western
Digital Forum and to register, please visit our Web page.
Early registration discounts are available until July 13,
2008. We are looking forward to your active participation in the forum.
The OCLC Western Digital Forum is
co-sponsored by the Orbis Cascade
Alliance and OCLC Digital Collection
Services.
Gayle Palmer
Digital & Preservation Program
Manager
OCLC Western Service Center
800 854 5753