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DPLAfest 2016 has ended
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/.
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Joel Beeson

West Virginia University
Associate Professor
joel.beeson@mail.wvu.edu
Websitereedcollegeofmedia.wvu.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/joel_william_beeson
African American history and popular culture; social documentary film and photography; race, class and gender in media representations. Virtual and Augmented reality, narrative, technology disruption, critical race theory, political economy of media, public scholarship. Blues music, sailing, motorcycles, film and photography, social activism and social justice.
Wednesday, April 13
 

1:30pm

DPLA Hands-on Cultural Heritage Hackathon Library of Congress (Madison Building): Mumford Room
 
Thursday, April 14
 

8:30am

Registration Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Coolidge Auditorium

9:15am

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

10:45am

DPLA Hands-on Cultural Heritage Hackathon Library of Congress (Madison Building): Dining Room A Geovisualization: Visualize that on a Map Library of Congress (Madison Building): Pickford Theater

1:45pm

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

4:15pm

Smithsonian, Library of Congress, and National Archives: Opportunities and Challenges for Working Together Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Coolidge Auditorium
 
Friday, April 15
 

9:30am

Demo Space National Archives and Records Administration: McGowan Theater Lobbies DPLA Hands-on Cultural Heritage Hackathon National Archives and Records Administration: Innovation Hub Historypin and the National Archives: APIs, Apps, and Audiences National Archives and Records Administration: Jefferson Room The People’s Archives: Communities and Documentation Strategy Smithsonian (S. Dillon Ripley Center): Room 3035

2:00pm

Creating compelling user interfaces National Archives and Records Administration: Madison Room Using the DPLA for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education National Archives and Records Administration: Jefferson Room