Name: Provincial Digital Library Symposium
Start: 2016-05-10T08:30:00-07:00
End: 2016-05-10T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Kwantlen Polytechnic University Richmond campus - Melville Centre for Dialogue

Provincial Digital Library Symposium

If you have questions, please emailadmin@bcla.bc.ca. Thank you!

BC Library Association

We are pleased to open registration for the May 10th Provincial Digital Library Symposium.
Please join the conversation surrounding a PDL for British Columbia. This meeting is open to all interested participants. 
The agenda is shaping up to lead us toward a shared vision, to a potential governance structure, to deepen the conversation around metadata and infrastructure, and to formulate possible next steps for the coming 12 months. 
What’s On the Agenda?
<UL>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Learning from others: Guest speaker Loren Fantin, from OurDigitalWorld will share her experience with similar large scale projects </LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Recap of November 4th meeting and Gallery Walk where you can add to the themes generated on November 4. Check <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="https://bclaconnect.ca/wp-uploads/2016/02/PDL_Nov4Report_FINAL2.pdf" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A> for the Report from the November 4 meeting.</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Case studies: other digital libraries exist. How can we learn from them? A review of Digital Public Library of America, Europeana, Digital Library of Georgia, Trove (Australia) </LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Creating Frameworks around governance structures, and meta data/infrastructure – break out groups</LI>
<LI CLASS="MsoNormal">Report back and Next steps </LI>
</UL>
            Schedule:
  8:30 – coffee and networking
  9:00 - meeting commences
 12:00 - Lunch is provided
  3:30 – 4:00 -  Wrap up and next steps
Where:
Melville Centre for Dialogue, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond campus – Check for parking, maps and transit info at <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.kpu.ca/parking-transit" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.kpu.ca/parking-transit</A> 
Please forward this to anyone you think is interested. If you have an interest, a contribution, an idea, or an opinion on a PDL for British Columbia, bring it to the event!
If you would like to make a $50 donation (or higher in increments of $50) to help cover the costs of the event, and to help sponsor individuals who may not be able to attend otherwise, you will see that option on the form.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University Richmond campus - Melville Centre for Dialogue

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}

Registrations are closed

Provincial Digital Library Symposium

More events from BC Library Association

Follow organizers to get events picked for you

Registrations are closed

Provincial Digital Library Symposium

More events from BC Library Association

Follow organizers to get events picked for you

You might also like...

Browse more events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.