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Quality and Standards in Digital Imaging Projects

Quality and Standards in Digital Imaging Projects How do you ensure that your digital imaging projects will be done according to the best standards and practices?  Whether you are doing the work in-house or outsourcing, there are many details to consider.  Amy McCrory will discuss how to work with the resources you have to produce…

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Events Prior to 2009

Events Prior to 2009 Thursday, April 9, 2009, 5:30 pm – 7 pm Book Club Night: “Print is Dead” – Bombay Club, Harvard Square, Cambridge Thursday, February 19, 2009, 5:30 pm-7 pm Meetup: Twitter! – Johnny D’s, Davis Square, Somerville Thursday November 13th, 2008 Meetup: What I learned at ASIST… – Green Street Grill Wednesday…

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An Observation of Public Libraries in Europe: the Urban Library Council Trip

An Observation of Public Libraries in Europe: the Urban Library Council Trip Patrick Losinski shares his observations from the recent Urban Library Council trip to Europe. This is an opportunity  to learn about what is happening in public libraries in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. Members of the delegation were able to see and experience…

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Using CONTENTdm to Manage Digital Collections

Using CONTENTdm to Manage Digital Collections CONTENTdm makes everything in your digital collections available to everyone, everywhere. No matter the format–local history archives, newspapers, books, maps, slide libraries or audio/video–CONTENTdm can handle the storage, management and delivery of your collections to users across the Web. Presenter Ginny Browne As Knowledge Management Librarian in the OCLC…

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“Making Metadata” Workshop 11/18/08

“Making Metadata” Workshop 11/18/08 The Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology and OHIONET invite you to a workshop on Tuesday, November 18, 2008: Making Metadata: Turning Theory into Product If you want to learn about the realities of creating metadata, this hands-on workshop will help move you from theory…

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Tour OSU’s Digital Union

Tour OSU’s Digital Union Tour OSU’s Digital Union, which is the place on campus to put your hands on emerging technologies. The Digital Union is an experimental space where faculty, staff, and students can learn about and test everything from video and audio equipment to surface computing and lecture recording systems. The tour will include…

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Visit the Cartoon Research Library

Visit the Cartoon Research Library Have a little free time? Need a break? Take the opportunity to tour the Cartoon Research Library (http://cartoons.osu.edu/) located on the Ohio State University campus. The Cartoon Research Library holds the largest collections of original cartoon art in the world. The collection includes editorial cartoons, comic strips, comic books, graphic…

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Columbus Landmarks Foundation Ghost Walk

Columbus Landmarks Foundation Ghost Walk Join us for a spooky hour long walking tour right at your front door – we’ll leave from the conference hotel. The stories take place in some of our city’s finest historic structures. From Abe Lincoln’s last dance to the mayor who still looks after the city – hear tales…

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Gary Marchionini: Understanding Human Information Interaction

Gary Marchionini: Understanding Human Information Interaction Monday, September 15, 2008 Kotzen Center, Simmons College, Boston, MA Campus Map / Public Transit / Driving Directions + Parking Understanding how people interact with information is a fundamental problem of information science. Interaction includes finding information in libraries and the WWW, consuming and evaluating what is found, and…

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Engage: Librarees & Social Media

Engage: Librarees & Social Media Engage: Librarees & Social Media View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Join Helene Blowers in exploring the e’s of librarees and social media and see how librarees all over the country are engaging customers in powerful ways through web 2.0 tools. WHEN: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Refreshments, Sign-In…

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