*Registration is now open* <https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com/> for the *2019
Digital Initiatives Symposium*
<https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/>!
April 29-30, 2019
* Six Pre-Conference Workshops:*
- *Collections as Data*: Digital Collections for Emerging Research
Methods by Stewart Varner, *University of
Pennsylvania*
- *Two Peas in a Pod*: On Information
Literacy and Open Educational Resources
by Michelle Reed, *University
of Texas at Arlington*
- *Text Mining with HathiTrust*: Empowering
Librarians to Support Digital
Scholarship Research by Eleanor Dickson
Koehl, *HathiTrust*
- *Results-Driving OER Programs* by Nicole
Finkbeiner, *Rice University*
- *Metadata for Digital Projects*: An
Overview of Practical Issues and
Challenges by Murtha Baca, *Getty
Research Institute and UCLA*
- *Strategies and Tools for Digital
Repository Selection and Migration* by Todd
Crocken and Anne Washington, *University of
Houston*
*Outdoor Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception held on Day 1*
*Register at:** https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com
<https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com/>*
*Keynote speakers:*
* Virginia Steel*, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, *UCLA*
"Open, Equitable, Affordable, and Transparent: Progress on the Road to True
Open Access"
*Leslie Chan*, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for
Critical Development Studies, *University of Toronto Scarborough*
"Platform Capitalism and the Governance of Knowledge Infrastructure"
*Featured speaker:*
Yasmeen Shorish, Data Services Coordinator / Associate Professor, James
Madison University
"Centering Humanity in Digital Scholarship"
*Deans' Panel:*
*David Lewis*, Dean Emeritus,* IUPUI University Library*
"Digital Infrastructure: Paying for the Pipes"
*with responses from:*
*Adriene Lim*, Dean of Libraries and Philip H. Knight Chair, *University of
Oregon Libraries*
*Alexia Hudson-Ward*, Director of Libraries, *Oberlin College and
Conservatory*
*Shan Sutton*, Dean of University Libraries and Katheryne B. Willock
Endowed Chair,* University of Arizona*
*10-Minute "Lightning Talks":*
"Cross-Institutional Collaboration on Digital Initiatives between the
Museums and Archives of the Atlanta University Center" by Gayle
Schecter, *Atlanta
University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library*
"Re/Mapping the Archives: Repository Content for the Digital Humanities and
Cartographer" by Michael R. Howser, *SDSU*
"Can This Be Redacted? Developing an Institutional Repository and
Addressing Privacy Issues" by Pamela Pierce, *OHSU*
"The Language Archive: Migrating to an Easier, Sustainable Open-Source
Solution" by Jeroen Geerts, *Max Planck Institute Nijmegen*
"Pushing PCP and Dismissing Diversity: Platforms, Competition, and Profit"
by Paige Mann, *University of Redlands*
*Plus, 12 Concurrent Sessions and 4 User Groups (Digital Commons, DSpace,
Fedora and Islandora)*
*See the full program at:* *https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/
<https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/>*
*WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN SAN DIEGO!*
--
Ashley Toutain
Records Manager & Processing Archivist
Copley Library
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, California 92110
619-260-2730
*Copley Library: Explore ▪ Discover ▪ Succeed*
