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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 >> > -- Jennifer Gunter King, Director Harold F. Johnson Library --- Hampshire College 893 West Street Amherst, MA 01002-3359 Telephone: 413-559-5765 www.hampshire.edu/library sites.hampshire.edu/theharold/