DPLAfest 2016 has ended

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DPLAfest 2016

Taking place in the heart of Washington, DC, DPLAfest 2016 (April 14-15) will bring together hundreds from DPLA’s large and growing community for interactive workshops, hackathons and other collaborative activities, engaging discussions with community leaders and practitioners, fun events, and more. DPLAfest 2016 will appeal to anyone interested in libraries, technology, ebooks, education, creative reuse of cultural materials, law, open access, and genealogy/family research.

Area institutions serving as co-hosts include the National Archives and Records Administration, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.

To view photographs, recordings, and social media from DPLAfest 2016, visit https://dp.la/info/get-involved/dplafest/april-2016/media/.

David Waddell

Vancouver Public Library
Community Digital Initiatives Librarian
BC, Canada

I'm a public librarian working out of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Here are a few topics that I am focused on right now:
Building and customizing open-source repositories (Islandora)
Copyright and terms of use issues for user-generated digital content
Involving communities in the technological planning process

Contact me on Twitter or, better yet, catch me at a session!

9:15am

Welcome to DPLAfest 2016 Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Coolidge Auditorium

10:15am

Break TBA

10:45am

Geovisualization: Visualize that on a Map Library of Congress (Madison Building): Pickford Theater

11:30am

Break TBA

11:45am

Authorship in the Digital Age Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Coolidge Auditorium

12:30pm

Lunch Library of Congress (Jefferson and Madison Buildings): Great Hall and Madison Hall

1:45pm

The GIF Element: Making, Finding, & Using GIFs to Great Effect Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): LJ 113

2:30pm

Break TBA

3:00pm

Do we need to worry? : Update on copyright matters affecting digital libraries Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Whittall Pavilion

3:45pm

Break TBA

4:15pm

Free for All: The Story of NYPL’s Public Domain Drop Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): LJ 119

6:30pm

Reception National Archives and Records Administration: Rotunda Galleries

8:30am

9:30am

The People’s Archives: Communities and Documentation Strategy Smithsonian (S. Dillon Ripley Center): Room 3035

10:15am

Break TBA

10:45am

Perspectives on Data and Quality Smithsonian (S. Dillon Ripley Center): Room 3037B

11:30am

Break TBA

12:00pm

Wax Works in the Age of Digital Reproduction: The Futures of Sharing Native/First Nations Cultural Heritage Smithsonian (S. Dillon Ripley Center): Room 3035

12:45pm

Lunch TBA

2:00pm

Building Tools with the DPLA API and Developer Showcase National Archives and Records Administration: McGowan Theater

2:45pm

Break TBA

3:15pm

Closing remarks National Archives and Records Administration: McGowan Theater