[Web4lib] FW: Southeast CONTENTdm Users Group 2009: registration open and program available

[Vinson, Christopher G]

Are you planning to join us Oct 12th -13th for the Southeast CONTENTdm
Users Group 2009 meeting at the College of Charleston in beautiful
Charleston, SC? Here's a sneak peek at some of the events you won't
want to miss...
	
Monday October 12th - Pre-Conference Sessions
*All day beginner session:
Introduction to CONTENTdm, led by Geri Bunker Ingram, Manager of User
Services for OCLC Digital Collection Services
*Morning advanced session:
Web 2.0, Tips & Tricks for Enhancing your Hosted Interface led by Amy
Rudersdorf and Jennifer Ricker of the State Library of North Carolina
*Afternoon advanced session:
Zoom and Bloom: Using Zoomify to Enhance your Digital Collections led
by Christopher Vinson of the College of Charleston

There will be a reception on Monday Evening at Addlestone Library.
Please come enjoy the food, relax and network!

Tuesday October 13th- Full day of presentations, discussions, hot topic
lightning round, and CONTENTdm updates. Topics include:
*CONTENTdm update with Geri Bunker Ingram
*Bringing Order to Chaos: Preparation and Organization of Long-Term
Access with Jody DeRidder 
*Training the Tiger: Production Workflow for Our Digital Collections at
Clemson University Libraries with 
Mandy Mastrovita and Emily Gore 
*Digital Collections as an Outreach Tool with Jennifer Welch
*Not your Usual Collection: a Library/Faculty Collaboration to
Organize, Describe, and Present Plant Anatomy Images Using CONTENTdm
with Lyn MacCorkle
*A Second Chance: Digitizing and providing Access to Damaged Acetate
Negatives with Laura Capell
*Now You Have It - How to Save It? (Digital Preservation for CONTENTdm
Using LOCKSS) with Beth Nicol
*Optimizing for Broader Discoverability: Metadata with Web Crawlers and
OAI Harvesters in Mind with Sandra McIntyre and Cheryl Walters
*Lightning rounds are quick and informal discussions-- a great
opportunity for attendees to share new ideas and best practices, spot
trends, congratulate achievements. Speakers are invited to address the
whole group for five minutes each, and then break into small discussion
groups for more in-depth conversations at the end. Sign up sheets will
be available Monday and Tuesday for those interested in presenting a
lightning talk. It will be on a first come/first served basis, and there
will be a limit of 9-10 presentations. 

For more information about the Southeast CONTENTdm Users Group meeting,
please visit:  http://library.mtsu.edu/southeastcdm/home.php 

The absolute final registration deadline is Monday, October 5th.  You
may register for the Pre-Conference sessions, the Conference or both
online. The Pre-Conference and Conference fee is $75.00 and the fee for
attending one day, either the Pre-Conference or the Conference is
$50.00. For registration information, please visit
http://library.mtsu.edu/southeastcdm/registration.php 

Note: to complete your online registration, you will be asked to fill
out a LYRASIS membership form with no obligation of becoming a member.
Thanks for your patience.
 
We look forward to seeing you in Charleston!

For more information, contact:
Kate Boyd at boydkf at mailbox.sc.edu 
or Lyn MacCorkle at lmaccork at miami.edu 
Co-chairs, CONTENTdm Southeast Users Group Planning Committee

Lee Dotson at ddotson at mail.ucf.edu 
Chair of the Programs and Promotions Subcommittees

John White at whitej at cofc.edu 
Claire Fund at fundc at cofc.edu 
Co-chairs of the Local Arrangements Subcommittee