Reminder that registration ends on April 15, or when capacity is reached.

Best Practices Exchange 2019: New Digital Directions
April 29-May 1
Columbus, Ohio
 #BPE2019

The Best Practices Exchange Program and Local Arrangements Committees invite you to join us for the 2019 Conference to be held Monday April 29 - Wednesday May 1 at the Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Library in Columbus, Ohio.

BPE focuses on the management and the preservation of digital information, as well as access and outreach, and brings together practitioners to discuss their real-world experiences, including best practices and lessons learned. Visit http://bit.ly/BPE2019 for all conference info as it develops.

Plenary Speakers:

• Sharon Leon. Collections, Data, and Interpretation: Exploring the Life Cycle of Digital Objects.
• Katherine Skinner. Managing Maintenance—Juxtaposing Technology and Community.
• More on the Program page.

Program: The program has been finalized and sessions are posted on the Program page on the website. We have 39 amazing sessions to share with you--here are a few examples:

• Accessible Library Websites: When the Department of Education Steps in to Make the Choice for You;
• Collaboration Strategies for Transfer, Preservation, and Access;
• Computational Tools and Strategies in Enhancing Access to Cultural Big Data Collections
• Curating the Profession: Opportunities, Challenges and Strategies in Digital Curation Professional Education
• Digital Archives in the Discovery Layer: Collaboration between Archivists and Technical Services Librarians;
• Documenting Digital Preservation: Policies, Practices, and Workflows;
• Evolving and Adapting: Unlocking Consortial Digital Preservation;
• Leadership via Shared Ownership: An Approach to Co-Managing a Digital Scholarship Center;
• Levels of Preservation: A Progress Report (NDSA)
• Leveraging Correspondence Management systems for Digital Object Metadata;
• Persistent Analysis: Evaluation Strategies to Improve Access to Digital Collections;
• Practical Approach to Arrangement and Description With Preservica CE;
• Quality OCR: A Tango of Available Resources;
• ...and more!

Registration:

• https://opc.wildapricot.org/event-3224100.
• Price: $125.
• Includes 2 continental breakfasts, 1 lunch, breaks, and reception.
• Limited to 150. Open through 4/15 or until capacity is reached.
• Pay online through PayPal or generate an invoice to be mailed in by clicking above link.
• Thank you to Ohio Preservation Council for acting as this meeting’s fiscal agent!

Schedule: Monday 12pm-8pm, Tuesday 8:15am-5pm, Wednesday 8:15am-1:15pm. See Schedule page.
 
Lodging/Directions/Parking: See Lodging & Travel page. There is no official conference hotel, but numerous options.

Thank to our Sponsors: LIBNOVA, MetaArchive, Preservica

 
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See you there!
Program Committee
Linda Avetta (cochair), Pennsylvania State Archives; Janet Carleton (cochair), Ohio University; Derek Clark, Kentucky State Archives; Veronica Martzahl (past chair), Massachusetts Archives; Michael McNeil, California State Archives; Dan Noonan, The Ohio State University; Nick Pavlik, Bowling Green State University; Bonnie Weddle, New York State Archives.

Local Arrangements Committee
Janet Carleton (chair), Ohio University; Marietta Carr, Cuyahoga Community College; Jen Johnson, State Library of Ohio; Marsha Miles, Cleveland State University; Miriam Nelson, Ohio University; Angela O'Neal, Columbus Metro Library; Anne Ryckbost, Xavier University; Penelope Shumaker, State Library of Ohio; Nick Ver Steegh, Ohio University.

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Janet Carleton

Planning Cochair

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