Joan Lippincott of CNI will be a keynote speaker at this event.
2017 University of San Diego Digital Initiatives Symposium Call for Proposals
Proposals are now being accepted for the Fourth Annual Digital Initiatives Symposium, May 1-2, 2017.
Join University of San Diego's Copley Library for the Fourth Annual Digital Initiative Symposium. This day and a half conference features workshops and user group meetings for a variety of institutional repository platforms, focusing on the digital elements of library ecosystems and institutional repositories. Registration opens December 5, 2016.
$85 registration includes both the preconference and full-day conference $75 registration includes full-day conference $40 registration includes preconference workshops
Call for Proposals are being accepted for Tuesday, May 2, 2017 – Full Day Conference
We are accepting proposals for 45-minute concurrent sessions, 90-minute panel discussions, and poster presentations. We welcome proposals from organizations, including colleges and universities of all sizes, community colleges, public libraries, special libraries, museums, and other cultural memory institutions.
This year, we are especially interested in proposals that consider: data management and sharing, open data open educational resources digital initiatives in instruction and undergraduate research roles for deans and directors in digital and institutional repository initiatives roles for disciplinary faculty in digital and institutional repository initiatives diverse repository platforms and functions digital humanities copyright and licensing collaboration: interdisciplinary initiatives and collaboration within and between campuses scholarly communication technical applications related to platforms or tools web archiving Full-Day Conference Sessions
Panel discussions: 90 minutes Concurrent sessions (case studies, white papers, demonstrations, or panels): 45 minutes Poster sessions on digital project topics will take place in the afternoon. Please plan on 10-15 minutes for questions, with panel and concurrent sessions.
All submissions will be evaluated based on the relevance of the topic and potential to advance thinking about digital initiatives, institutional repositories, and scholarly communication. Acceptance is competitive. Registration fees will be waived for accepted presenters.
Submit proposals http://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2017/
For more information or questions contact Diane Maher at diane@sandiego.edu diane@sandiego.edu
Important Dates Proposal Submission Deadline: January 16, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: February 6, 2017 Selected presenters must confirm presentations: February 17, 2017 Conference Registration: Deadline: April 17, 2017
Announcing Keynote Speakers for 2017 Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information Maura Marx, Deputy Director for Library Services at the Institute of Museum and Library Services
More extensive biographies and abstracts will be available shortly on the USD website, as well as information about workshops.
-- Best regards,
Hugh Burkhart
Associate Professor, Reference Librarian
Helen K. and James S. Copley Library
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
Phone: (619) 260-2366
hburkhart@sandiego.edu hburkhart@sandiego.edu
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