DPLA West | Agenda | Speakers | Media and Outputs
April 26, 2012
The Internet Archive is hosting a reception and tour of its physical archive in Richmond, CA for DPLA West participants on the evening of April 26, 2012 (the night before DPLA West). Participants are asked to meet in one of the following places:
- BART: Richmond Station, 1700 Nevin Avenue, Richmond, CA at 5:45 PM
Participants will be met by representatives of the Internet Archive and shuttled to the physical archive. - Physical Archive, 2512 Florida Avenue, Richmond, CA at 6:00 PM
Participants coming from the Richmond area are asked to meet at the Physical Archive.
The tour and reception will take approximately one hour; shuttle service to the Richmond BART station will be offered after the tour.
April 27, 2012
8:00 AM: Registration & Breakfast | Steering Committee Meeting
The Steering Committee will hold a short meeting from 8:00-8:45 AM in the Board Room of the Internet Archive. This meeting is open to the public; those who plan to attend are asked to arrive at the Internet Archive at 7:45 AM to pick up materials.
9:00 AM: Welcome (video)
- Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive
- Luis Herrera, San Francisco Public Library
- Doron Weber, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- John Palfrey, Chair of the DPLA Steering Committee
9:30 AM: Perspectives on the DPLA
Speakers from a number of fields, backgrounds, and approaches will share their visions for the DPLA and discuss the potential the DPLA has for their communities.
- Kristina Woolsey, Exploratorium (video)
- Praveen Madan, Keplers 2020 (video)
- Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media (video)
- Jon Walton, Chief Information Officer for the City and County of San Francisco (video)
- Dwight McInvaill, Georgetown County Library (South Carolina) (video)
- Phoebe Ayers, Wikimedia Foundation/UC Davis (video)
10:30 AM: Break
11:00 AM: Building the DPLA (video)
Representatives from each workstream will present the work that’s been accomplished since the DPLA launch in October 2012, map the landscape of work remaining to be done, and share ways in which individuals and organizations can get involved.
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:30 PM: From Beta Sprint to Alpha Release: The DPLA Platform, Phase I (video)
In this interactive session, the technical development team will introduce the first version of the DPLA platform and invite comments and questions from participants.
2:15 PM: Digital Lending and eBooks (video)
The DPLA intends to include not only public domain content, but also the rich world of born digital and in-copyright materials. This session with examine emerging models and strategies for providing access to in-copyright digital content.
- Moderator: Linda Crowe, Califa Group
- Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive
- Sari Feldman, Cuyahoga Library
- Luis Herrera, San Francisco Public Library
3:15 PM: Break
3:45 PM: Government, Democracy, and the DPLA: The Dynamics of Open Government Data (video)
This session will explore possible interactions between the DPLA and federal data, records, and collections. How might the DPLA of the future change government? How best can government materials be part of the DPLA?
- Moderator: Paul Courant, University of Michigan
- David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States
- Carl Malamud, Public.Resource.Org
- Abhi Nemani, Code for America
- Mark Sandler, Center for Library Initiatives/Committees on Institutional Cooperation
4:45 PM: Reflections and Next Steps
- John Palfrey, Chair of the DPLA Steering Committee