Digital Collection Road Trip - The Digital Public Library of America

Emily Gore, DPLA Director for Content, will discuss her work with Digital Public Library of America project.  Through the formation of a national digital library, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA: http://dp.la/)) seeks to make U.S. cultural and scientific heritage materials available, free of charge, to all. Gore's talk will include discussion of the recent initial launch of the DPLA portal and platform, the Digital Hubs Pilot project and goals for DPLA's future.  Gore will also discuss the importance of open data, global interoperability and broad access to cultural heritage content. 

Host:  Regan Harper
Guest Presenter:  Emily Gore, DPLA

Date:  May 23, 2013  1:00-2:00 ET

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LYRASIS Digital Repository Service Demo (Live Online)

Learn how your content paired with the LYRASIS Digital Repository service can help your patrons and the world discover your unique items. Join us for this one hour previewing the LYRASIS Digital Repository prior to the service launch later this summer.

Date: 
          April 30,  2013     3:00-4:00 ET
          May 02, 2013      10:00-11:00  ET
          May 06, 2013      12:00-1:00  ET

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LYRASIS 2nd Friday Series: Services for the Disabled in our Libraries and Cultural Institutions -Today and Tomorrow

Shellie Zeigler, Director of the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services of the Mississippi Library Commission,  will share her experiences and offer an overview of services available to library users. She will review current technology and services, like the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped , and share how library staff in public, academic and special libraries can help an impaired person find the resources they need. Shellie will also explore and review other resources that may be offered and implemented for the physically and visually impaired. The session will close with a review and reflection upon how our information rich community of cultural institutions can increase access for disabled users in the future, and what the future scope of services for the disabled might be.

After this session, participants will:

• Understand what the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services is and what we provide.

• Know more about the National Library Service for the Blind, and how its services can greatly improve a visually or physically impaired person's life Implement ideas for helping the blind and physically disabled in a library (be it public, academic or special) to find what they need Identify other resources and services to offer and implement for the physically and visually impaired Reflect upon how we as an information community will increase the number of disabled users we reach, and what future services might be offered

Host:  Russell Palmer

Presenter:  Shellie Zeigler, Director of the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library Services of the Mississippi Library Commission

Date:  June 14, 2013
Time:  12:30-2:00 ET

 
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