Digitization News & Events
Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group on Facebook and Twitter
To complement the first online Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group (Nov. 8th & 9th), we have created a
Facebook Page and a Twitter account!
Twitter
Follow the updates from the Upper Midwest CONTENTdm Planners by visiting their Twitter profile.
The official hashtag for our Nov. 8-9 Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting is #umcdm2010. If you’re not familiar with Twitter
or using hashtags, it’s a way to tag your comments (tweets) with a topic. Then, users can search by that topic to join the discussion,
or subscribe to an RSS feed and receive updates from users who are using that hashtag. For more about Twitter, see the links to Twitter's
Help resources below.
Facebook
After logging on to Facebook, search for “Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group.” Or, just follow this link.
We’re a “Page” rather than a “Group.” After finding our page, “Like” us and you’ll receive the most up-to-date announcements related to
the Nov. 8-9th meeting in your own Facebook News Feed.
We’ll use this space to post announcements related to the upcoming Nov. 8th and 9th CONTENTdm User Group meeting, but it’s also meant to
be a space for all CONTENTdm users in our region to share information and have discussions.
The 2010 Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Planning Committee looks forward to your participation!
- Lisa Sjoberg, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
- Josh Hickman, Beloit College, WI
- Shari Theroux, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD
- Sara Ring, Minitex, Minneapolis, MN
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3rd Annual Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting
Save the Date
Based on feedback from CONTENTdm users in the region, we're trying something new this year.
The entire user group meeting will be online, and staff will be able to attend
from their computer. The planning group is busy working out the details of the event, and more
information will be announced soon!
Mark your calendars for November 8-9, 2010.
Though we have two dates reserved, we will not be meeting for the full two days. Most likely,
we will split the online meeting up over two half-days.
Call for Proposals
We're ready to accept proposals for the Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting! The deadline
for submitting proposals is Friday, June 4, 2010.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
- Audio and video projects
- Learning Management Systems and CONTENTdm
- Marketing your collection
- Funding your project
- Planning and implementing a digital project
- Metadata practices
- How individual institutions (or small consortia) are working with larger consortia
- Working with 3D objects (artifacts, museum objects)
- Generation and use of reports and statistics
- CONTENTdm server management
- Programming and application building (widgets, CONTENTdm API, other add-ons)
- Workflow models
- Collection management and configuration
- Institutional Repositories and organizational archives
- Digital archiving and preservation of digital collections
- Text projects (working with the OCR extension, compound object documents, monographs, PDFs)
- Licensing, intellectual property and digital rights management
- Project Client tips and tricks
- Creating and using controlled vocabulary
- Web templates and interface customizations
If you've thought about presenting but are hesitant because you have not presented online before,
we'll have practice sessions before the event and training will be available!
More About the Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group
The 3rd Annual Upper Midwest CONTENTdm User Group Meeting will be sponsored by Minitex and OCLC.
There are over 40 institutions in the Upper Midwest region (MN, SD, ND, WI) of the United States
currently using CONTENTdm to build their digital collections. User Group meetings provide the
opportunity for networking, sharing of CONTENTdm best practices among colleagues, and CONTENTdm
product updates.
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