[DPLA Midwest] Agenda

DPLA Midwest | Agenda | Speakers | Media

October 12, 2012 | Plenary

9:00 AM: Registration and breakfast

10:00 AM: Welcome (video)

•  John Palfrey, DPLA Steering Committee Chair
• Brian Bannon, Chicago Public Library Commissioner

10:15 AM: Supporting the DPLA

• Doron Weber, Sloan Foundation (video)
• Jim Leach, National Endowment for the Humanities (video)
• Susan Hildreth, Institute of Museum and Library Services (video)
• Maureen Sullivan, American Library Association (video)
• George Martinez, Knight Foundation (video)

10:45 AM: Digital Hubs Pilot Project
This panel discussion will feature representatives from the DPLA’s initial service hubs. The session will also provide updates on the emergent DPLA content infra- structure, data provider agreements, and related key details.

• Moderator: Emily Gore, DPLA Director for Content (video)
• John Butler, University of Minnesota Libraries (video)
• Mary Molinaro, University of Kentucky Libraries (video)

11:30 AM: Break

12:00 PM: Introduction of the Inaugural Board of Directors

• Moderator: Maura Marx, DPLA Steering Committee / Secretariat
• “Congratulating the DPLA Steering Committee” (video)
• “Welcoming the Inaugural DPLA Board of Directors” (video)

1:00 PM: Lunch

2:30 PM: Technical Development: Creating and Integrating (video)
In this interactive session, members of the technical development team will describe their progress in developing the DPLA platform and the prototype front-end. Participants are invited to contribute comments and questions.

• Jeff Licht, DPLA Technical Development, Pod Consulting

3:15 PM: Break |

3:45 PM: The DPLA as a Platform (video)
This session will feature ongoing work to build applications and services on top of the DPLA platform.

• Sam Klein, DPLA Technical Aspects Workstream
• Martin Kalfatovic, DPLA Technical Aspects Workstream

4:15 PM: Onward!
This session will highlight the key next steps for the DPLA as it transitions from a Berkman Center project into an independent organization.

• John Palfrey, DPLA Board of Directors

4:45 PM: Day Ends

 

October 11, 2012 | Workstream Meetings

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9:00 AM: Registration and Breakfast | Reception Hall

9:45 AM: Welcome | Cindy Pritzker Auditorium

• John Palfrey, DPLA Steering Committee Chair
• Brian Bannon, Chicago Public Library Commissioner

10:15 AM: Breakout Sessions

• The DPLA’s Content Infrastructure and the Digital Hubs Pilot Program (click link for briefing document) | Multipurpose Room A
  Facilitators:Content Workstream co-chair Rachel Frick and DPLA Director for Content Emily Gore.This session will focus on the DPLA’s content infrastructure and the new Digital Hubs Pilot Program, including next steps. Specific topics of discussion include key service offerings via the DPLA’s pilot service hubs, data provider agreements with content hubs, related technical considerations, and the DPLA’s long-term content plan.

• Technical Development (click link for briefing document) | Multipurpose Room B
  Facilitators:Technical Aspects Workstream co-chairs Martin Kalfatovic and Sam Klein.This session will give participants an opportunity to discuss the development of the DPLA platform and front-end website with Technical Development Project Manager Jeff Licht and members of the front-end and back-end development teams. Specific topics of discussion include integration of the platform and front end, metadata considerations, data ingestion, and other related items.

• The Future of the DPLA (click link for briefing document) | Video Theatre
  Facilitators:Maureen Sullivan and DPLA Steering Committee Chair John Palfrey.This session will focus on progress made by the DPLA team thus far in establishing the 501(c)(3), including the creation of a charter and bylaws and a draft job description for an Executive Director. Participants will review and discuss the DPLA’s five-year plan as it relates to recent project developments and refined timetables.

12:00 PM: Lunch | Reception Hall

1:15 PM: Reflection and Synthesis | Reception Hall

1:30 PM: Breakout sessions (continued)

• Content Infrastructure and the Digital Hubs Pilot Program | Multipurpose Room A
• Technical Development | Multipurpose Room B
• The Future of the DPLA | Video Theatre

3:00 PM: Break | Reception Hall

3:30 PM: Summary and Next Steps | Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
This session will synthesize the most salient threads from the morning and early afternoon sessions and will aim to articulate clearly the issues and key elements we’ve identified. Participants will work together to map out an approach for addressing these issues and elements over the next six months, in preparation for the launch of the DPLA.

4:00 PM: Day Ends