NELINET logo Digital Reality III:
Building the Community
A NELINET Conference

October 7-8, 2002
Bentley College, Waltham, MA
NELINET's successful Digital Reality Conference returns in a new two-day format. Join us for twice the information and inspiration!
  • Day One - presentations from national, international, and local experts offering guidance in the creation of useful, interoperable, and sustainable digital collections.
  • Day Two - an opportunity to participate in Working Groups that will help shape the future of collaborative digital collections in New England.
  • You may attend Day One without attending Day Two, but we ask that you attend Day One if you plan to attend Day Two.

Digital Reality III: Building the Community
Day One: Monday, October 7, 2002 ~ 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

8:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks
9:15 a.m. Keynote Address: Digital Collections: A Love Story / Dr. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Phillips Professor of Early American History, Director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Her work is also featured on the award-winning website dohistory.org
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Benefits and Challenges of Cross-Institutional Collaboration: Panel Discussion
Panelists: Joan Krizack, University Archivist and Head, Special Collections Department, Northeastern University, President of NEA ; Martha Mahard, Curator of Historical Photographs and Special Visual Collections in the Fine Arts Library at Harvard ; Cheryl Bryan, Assistant Administrator for Continuing Education and Consulting Services, President of NELA
11:15 a.m. Making Standards Work in the Digital Environment: Key to Interoperability / Liz Bishoff, Project Director, Colorado Digitization Project
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. The Economic Value of Digital Cultural Heritage: Models and Strategies / Simon Tanner, Senior Consultant, Higher Education Digitisation Service (HEDS), University of Hertfordshire, England
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. DAM - The WGBH Digital Asset Management Experience / Mary Ide, Director WGBH Media Archives and Preservation Center
3:00 p.m. Supporting the Digital Collection Life Cycle / Taylor Surface, Director, Digital Content Management, OCLC, Inc.
4:00 p.m. Adjourn

Digital Reality III: Building the Community
Day Two: Tuesday, October 8, 2002 ~ 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

9:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Plenary Session
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Working Groups: Session I
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Working Groups: Session II
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Closing Plenary Session
3:30 p.m. Adjourn


Questions? Contact Amy Benson 1.800.NELINET x1937.

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