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UC Digital Library Developers Forum

July 11, 2002 Author: CDLCategories:

What: A forum for UC Library staff developing digital library collections and services, co-sponsored by SOPAG’s UC Digital Library Forum Program Committee (formerly the “Metadata Workshop planning group) and the CDL.

When: August 5, 2002 9:30am – 4:00 pm

Where: LAX Hilton Hotel

Who: A total of ~90 library staff from around the system nominated by SOPAG members to represent their campus.

The CDL’s education program is pleased to co-sponsor the first UC-wide discussion on digital library development.  The purpose of this day-long forum is to discuss, on a systemwide basis, the latest developments and activities in UC-based digital library projects.  The program is being co-sponsored by the UL’s through SOPAG’s staff development workshop process, extending some of the themes brought up in last year’s metadata workshops.  The committee who worked on the metadata workshops has reconstituted itself to develop this first DL Developer’s Forum, loosely modelled on the Digital Library Federation’s successful bi-annual Forums.

There will be presentations and discussions of currently used standards and architectures.  We will explore various current UC-based projects from a technical perspective to examine future collaboration scenarios for digital library projects.  UC library staff, who are responsible for and interested in UC digital library development and who could contribute to collaborative activities statewide, are being nominated to attend by their campus SOPAG member.

UC Digital Library Project presentations will concentrate on standards and technical architectures and will be followed by a round robin where the participants will be given an opportunity to share developments and future plans on their campus.  The closing segment will use a panel discussion format to identify and discuss the common challenges and approaches and possible future directions.

For additional information, including a complete agenda, see the website:
<http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~cmriggs/Digital/index.html>

UC DL Forum Program Committee members include: Karen Coyle (CDL), Nancy Douglas (UCR), Lynn Gibbs (UCSB), John Kunze (UCSF), John Ober (CDL), Colby Riggs (UCI ­ chair), Heidi Schmidt (UCSF), Stephen Schwartz (UCLA).