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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> Bethann Rea via ALA Connect <Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org>
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<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet (she/her) <carleton@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Core Digital Conversion IG : Reminder: Register for our session during Interest Group Week (Monday, March 6th @ 11am Central)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Just a friendly reminder that Core Interest Group week is coming up! Our Interest Group is hosting the following session on March 6th at 11:00am Central. It is free to attend, and you just need to
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register</a>! </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Core Digital Conversion IG session will include the following presentations: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Creating a Virtual Reality Exhibit</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
– Sharon Whitfield, Electronic Resources and User Access Librarian, Rider University </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">A presentation on transforming our historic typewriter collection into a virtual reality
exhibit using low-cost technology. Our vision is to make the collection more accessible to those who may not be able to come to our campus, but still want to experience the typewriters.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Digitizing Omaha's Great Plains Black History Museum Archival Collection
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">– Wendy Guerra, Digital Initiatives Archivist, University of Nebraska Omaha </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Libraries' Archives and Special Collections
formed a partnership with Omaha's Great Plains Black History Museum (GPBHM) to digitize a selection of their archival materials and host the collection on our Islandora instance. The partnership was designed as a pilot test for how UNO could partner with local
institutions to help facilitate access to their unique holdings. </span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">From Stacks to Screens: Digitizing Theses and Dissertations at The University of Alabama</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
– Elaine Walker, Scholarly Communications Librarian, The University of Alabama </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">A presentation describing the process of a current digitization project of approximately
14,000 theses and dissertations at The University of Alabama, per the University Libraries Strategic Plan, to meet action item 2.1.3: "Evaluate, adjust, and streamline the process across Institutional Repository Services, Metadata Services, and Archival Facility
Services to ingest the corpus of older University of Alabama theses and dissertations into the Institutional Repository" as part of the objective to "collect, preserve, and promote campus scholarship by capturing scholarly output in an Institutional Repository".
Equipment and workflows, challenges, and lessons learned along the way will all be covered to inform and encourage an exchange of ideas and best practices to those who may be interested in taking on a similar project at their institution.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Additionally, you can explore the other opportunities available during Core
<a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Fcore%2Fcontinuing-education%2Finterest-group-week&data=05%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Cea4ebcc2502b41ea8fb108db1b2cc549%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C638133651322672893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZGhroyG%2BZf9%2BPRZ%2FJV2zZoDV%2FyduSryTZOk%2F94cPeeY%3D&reserved=0" title="https://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/interest-group-week">
Interest Group Week</a>. Hope to see you on Monday!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beth R. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair - Core Digital Conversion IG</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Bethann Rea<br>
Digital Collections Management Librarian<br>
Penn State University Libraries<br>
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