NISO Virtual Conference, Digitization, Discovery, and Use, March 23, 2022

Description

Stakeholders across the information community have poured significant resources into the creation of digitized collections, with varying degrees of success. Since the final resources do get used by both students as well as researchers, what steps are needed to improve and support swift discovery of these resources at the point of need? Are they properly accessible? What technologies were used in creating the digital forms, and how well are they working? Where do “digitize-and-return” projects fit into all this? The speakers at this virtual conference will share case studies from a variety of institutions and organizations.



Confirmed speakers include Julia Corrin, University Archivist, Carnegie Mellon University; Nicole Finzer, Digital Projects and Outreach Librarian, Northwestern University; Mike Furlough, Executive Director, HathiTrust; Edward Galloway, Associate University Librarian for Archives and Special Collections, and Jeff Wisniewski, Director of Communications & Web Services, both of University of Pittsburgh; Jon Shaw, Associate Vice Provost and Deputy University Librarian, University of Pennsylvania; and Karin Wulf, Director and Librarian, John Carter Brown Library and Professor of History, Brown University.