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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F;background:white">Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for our November meeting (virtual) at 10:30am on Monday, November 16, 2026.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F"><br>
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<b><span style="background:white">Registration:</span></b><span style="background:white">
<b>Please register by Friday, November 13, NOON</b>.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuj5gG5UAEr9JPZpwm_UsfvUzYQE-8NEf3g5eFw-TId11Jbw/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuj5gG5UAEr9JPZpwm_UsfvUzYQE-8NEf3g5eFw-TId11Jbw/viewform</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">(Zoom link will be shared with registered attendees. We are planning to record the presentation portion of the meeting.) <br>
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<b>Topic: </b> <b><i>Digital Collections in Transition: Migration, Metadata, and Repository Strategies.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">Description: </span></b></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">Join us for a look at the
challenges and opportunities involved in migrating digital collections. Presenters will share experiences with platform migrations, repository consolidation, metadata remediation, and evaluating options for digital collections. Hear practical tips, workflows,
and lessons learned from a variety of migration projects and what to consider when deciding whether, when, and how to move your collections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;background:white"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">Speakers:</span></b></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">- Do We Go or Do We Stay: Comparing Alma Digital to Digital Commons.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">Jonathan Atwood (the/they), Digital & Web Services librarian, Courtright Memorial Library, Otterbein University. From 2024-2026, Atwood spearheaded a comprehensive ROI
analysis on the possibility of migrating Otterbein University's institutional repository from the Digital Commons platform to Alma Digital. The presentation will discuss the process and findings of that analysis, along with Otterbein's plan for their repository
platform going forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">- Migrating Large Digital Collections into a Consolidated Repository.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">Amanda Boczar (she/her), director, Digital Initiatives & LeEtta Schmidt, director, Integrated Research and Impact Services, University of South Florida. Boczar and Schmidt
will discuss prepping for and lessons learned with digital repository migration, as well as planning for exit strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">- Alma Specto Starter Migration Tips. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">Spencer
Lamm (he/him), Library Systems </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">a</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">nalyst, Technology Services Team, OhioNET. Lamm will share
lessons learned from migrating libraries to Alma Specto Starter from CONTENTdm, Digital Commons, and Islandora Legacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">- Migrating Cultural Heritage Digital Collections: A Migration Workflow and Bulk Metadata Remediation Strategies. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">Evan
Miller (he/him), Digital Preservation and Digital Collections </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">a</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">rchivist, Ruth Lilly Special
Collections and Archives, Indiana University Indianapolis. This presentation will describe the author’s experience of migrating cultural heritage digital collections as part of a consortium-supported move from OCLC's CONTENTdm to a specialized version of Samvera's
Hyku, including a migration workflow, methods for bulk metadata remediation using spreadsheets, and challenges faced along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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State University (<a href="mailto:m.a.miles24@csuohio.edu"><span style="color:#0B57D0">email</span></a>) (<a href="mailto:m.a.miles24@csuohio.edu">m.a.miles24@csuohio.edu</a>) & Grace Freeman, Columbus Metro Library (<a href="mailto:gfreeman@columbuslibrary.org"><span style="color:#0B57D0">email</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">- Virtual Host: C</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">leveland State University<br>
<b>- Location: </b>Virtual Meeting via Zoom<br>
<b>- Date & time: M</b>onday, November 16, 2026, 10:30am-1:00-ish<br>
<b>- Cost: FREE. </b>Thank you to the institutions who host us, our volunteer speakers, and program committee!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">Agenda:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">- 10:30-10:35am: Welcome<br>
- 10:35-11:35am: Program<br>
- 11:35am-11:40am: Break<br>
- 11:40am -12:45pm or so: All attendee update & announcements. (At the end of our meeting, we will do our usual OhioDIG Round Robin where all attendees will have a chance to share what they are working on at their organization and ask any digitization questions
of the group.)<br>
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<b>About OhioDIG: </b>The Ohio Digitization Interest Group is an informal discussion group
<i>open to all </i>with an interest in cultural heritage digitization, description, access, and digital preservation. We meet every other month. Nov/Jan/Mar are virtual and May/Jul/Sep are in-person. <a href="https://ohiodig.org/"><span style="color:#0B57D0">https://ohiodig.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Janet M. Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation &
Digital Initiatives | OHIO University Libraries | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | she/her |
<a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style="color:black">carleton@ohio.edu</span></a> |
<a href="https://media.library.ohio.edu/"><span style="color:black">Digital Archives</span></a> |
<a href="https://archivesspace.ohio.edu/"><span style="color:black">Archives Finding Aids</span></a>
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