Are you going to MiALA on Wednesday, May 15th? Why not stop in a bit early and start learning more about digital collections, and how you can get more support to move materials online! The WMU Libraries, in partnership with the Library of Michigan, the Michigan Service Hub (DPLA), and the Michigan Digital Preservation Network, invites you to join a workshop on May 15th, from 3-5PM at the Zhang Legacy Collections Center<https://wmich.edu/library/visit/zhang> on WMU's campus. Hear a lively presentation designed to help you better share your digital collections, learn about new digital collections tools, and hear from our statewide experts how you can take advantage of statewide programs and support. Presenters will walk attendees through available project planning tools, workflows, and software for getting collections from physical items on a shelf to accessible and protected digital assets. Gain a better understanding of what services are available to assist in your project, and how to make collections more discoverable and sustainable in partnership. Hear from WMU how they have utilized these services, and some examples of how leveraging expertise can advance digital initiatives. The event is FREE but registration is required: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050F45A4AC29A3FE3-49321454-building. The event is within walking distance of the MiALA mixer held on Friday night, and has easily accessible parking. Agenda: * Introductions and Welcome * Digitization - Library of Michigan - updates, tools, and statewide support * Accessing our digital heritage - Michigan Service Hub (DPLA) - sharing your collections with a wider audience * Digital Preservation - Michigan Digital Preservation Network - preserving collections for the future * From the field - WMU Libraries - how we use support to engage with our community Speakers: Chelsea Denault Michigan Digital Preservation Network Coordinator, MCLS Dr. Chelsea Denault is the Coordinator of the Michigan Digital Preservation Network, where she works with statewide and national partners to build a shared digital preservation platform for organizations across Michigan. Before joining the MDPN, she spent a decade in the Public History field, serving in various roles at the Newberry Library, The Henry Ford, the Nantucket Historical Association, the Urban History Association, the Archdiocese of Chicago Archives & Records Center, and Landmarks Illinois. Chelsea earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History and M.A. in Public History from Loyola University Chicago, and is also an alumna of Albion College. Richard Adler Coordinator, Michigan Service Hub Richard Adler is the coordinator of the Michigan Service Hub working with cultural institutions in Michigan to help them share digital collections with the Digital Public Library of America and the state portal Michigan Memories. Before that he was project manager for the CRMS-World project which evaluated the copyright of works in HathiTrust. Prior to his work at the University of Michigan he was an electronic records archivist at MSU and for ten years a book buyer at Borders Inc. Biz Gallo Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator, Library of Michigan Biz Gallo is the Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator at the Library of Michigan. After spending the past eight years helping cultural heritage institutions across the country preserve their audiovisual collections through archival reformatting, she transitioned to state government in order to support libraries and cultural heritage organizations in Michigan create, provide access to, and preserve digital collections. Paul Gallagher Associate Dean for Resources and Digital Strategies, Western Michigan University Libraries Paul Gallagher is the associate dean for resources and digital strategies with the Western Michigan University Libraries. He has over twenty-five years working in technology, and over fifteen years serving large academic libraries. Paul is the administrative lead for the libraries collections, technology, and research support teams, co-chair of the faculty, and serves in numerous roles both on and off the campus to support teaching, learning and research. Biz Gallo Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915 GalloB@michigan.gov<mailto:GalloB@michigan.gov> | mi.gov/LMdigitization<http://mi.gov/LMdigitization> | 517-335-1402 she/her/hers [Michigan.gov/Vote logo Description automatically generated]<https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/> Get personalized voter information on early voting and other topics at Michigan.gov/Vote<https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/>.
