The 12th annual CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting is taking place Wednesday-Thursday August 1-2 in Columbus, Ohio.
The Users Group welcomes all CONTENTdm users, from beginner to advanced, from any type of library or historical or cultural institution. Please come join us!
OCLC's generous sponsorship makes it possible for this conference to be free to all CONTENTdm users.
Thank you to the Columbus Metro Library for generously donating the meeting space.
Digital Library Services have evolved over the last decade to interact more with networked and web environments, as well as to center user experience and context for collections. At the same time, in the United States particularly, as well as much of the world, trust of traditional institutions of information has been challenged. We have entered a new age of skepticism.
This presentation will review innovative and emerging practices in digital libraries in the context of this skepticism. Implications on the relationship with notions of linked data, bias in description, block-chain, and universal design will be discussed. The role of community, membership organizations, and partnerships may both support and challenge our structural information systems, in terms of collections, metadata, systems, and standards for interoperability. In this, digital library services have the power to address the gap in trust and to foster dialogue.
Karen Estlund is the associate dean for Technology and Digital Strategies for Penn State Libraries where she provides leadership and advocacy for information technology, digital initiatives, cataloging and metadata services, publishing and curation services. Continued.
Karen Estlund, keynote speaker
Come to this workshop to learn about IIIF and the impact it can have for your digital collections, and learn about the new customization framework for CONTENTdm, then take a deep dive trying out IIIF in real time!
Banner images from the CONTENTdm collections of the Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery (2), Columbus Metropolitan Library (2), the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, and Ohio University Libraries.