webcasting an entire library conference?

[Erin Kinney]

Hello,

I am the co-chair of the Wyoming Library Association/Mountain Plains
Library Association joint conference planning committee.  The host city
library has received a grant to webcast the entire conference.  The
grant goes towards purchasing the equipment, and the cost of the
consultant.  The feeds are going from a remote mountain town in Wyoming
to Oklahoma State University which will then broadcast them and archive
them for 30 days.  There is fiber optic lines in the state, but I am
unsure about that part of the state.  The hotel has a 386 Mbps DSL line.
 We are planning on having 10 simultaneous sessions.

My questions to this group--has anyone tried to do this before?  If so,
what considerations do we need to take into account?  What technical,
economical, legal, and social (especially intellectual property) aspects
that we need to think of?  


Thanks,
Erin Kinney
WLA Vice President

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Erin Kinney
Electronic Resources Librarian
Wyoming State Library
2301 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0060
Email:  erin.kinney at state.wy.us
Phone: (307) 777-6332
Fax: (307) 777-6289
http://will.state.wy.us/
http://gowyld.net/
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