WASHINGTON - Although large-scale initiatives receive the lion’s share of the attention around digitization projects, countless small and medium-sized digitization projects provide invaluable access to hidden collections from North American libraries, archives and museums. Spurred by the OITP Perspectives paper, “Digitizing Hidden Collections in Public Libraries (PDF),” this 90-minute free webinar will take place at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

“The webinar is aimed at sharing success stories, best practices and the lessons learned to encourage other successful projects,” said Larra Clark, associate director of the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) Program on America’s Libraries for the 21^st Century, which is hosting the free webinar.

Panelists include:

• Gwen Glazer from Cornell University Library, 2010 Google Fellow with ALA and author of “Digitizing Hidden Collections in Public Libraries (PDF)”
• Jason Kucsma from the Metropolitan New York Library Council and co-editor of "Digitization in the Real World"
• Natalie Milbrodt, project manager for Queens Memory Project, will discuss her recent work on a collaborative digitization project
• Beth Goble and Devra Dragos, Nebraska Library Commission, will discuss The Nebraska Memories Project that provides access to important collections held by libraries and historical societies in Nebraska
• Erin Kinney, Wyoming State Library, will discuss the Wyoming Newspaper Project
• Larry Carey, Tompkins County Public Library, will discuss the library’s local-history digitization initiative

Register today! The webinar also will be archived via the District Dispatch and on the ALA website.

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