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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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Sheila McAlister

Digital Library of Georgia (University of Georgia Libraries)
Director, Digital Library of Georgia
Athens, GA
Director of the Digital Library of Georgia, a GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia. Sheila directs statewide efforts creating online access to resources about Georgia's history and culture and leads the state's DPLA service hub.
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

Transcription Projects at the National Archives, Smithsonian, and Folger Shakespeare Library Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): LJ 113

11:45am

Primary Sources and Open Educational Resources (OER): A Model for K-12 Librarians to Co-Lead STEM Inquiry Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): Whittall Pavilion

12:30pm

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

1:45pm

Hydra in a Box: Building A Next-Generation Platform for Digital Collections Library of Congress (Madison Building): Pickford Theater

3:00pm

Digital Collections in the K–12 Classroom: Connecting with Teachers and Students Library of Congress (Jefferson Building): LJ 119

4:15pm

Hubs Showcase #2 Library of Congress (Madison Building): Pickford Theater
 
Friday, April 15
 

10:45am

Developing a Digitization Curriculum for New Partners: Combining Best Practices from Four Service Hubs Smithsonian (S. Dillon Ripley Center): Room 3037A

12:00pm

Report on the Primary Source Sets project from DPLA’s Education Advisory Committee National Archives and Records Administration: Jefferson Room

2:00pm

Creating compelling user interfaces National Archives and Records Administration: Madison Room DPLA's Archival Description Working Group Update Smithsonian (S. Dillon Ripley Center): Room 3112