The State Library of Ohio will be hosting the 6th Annual ODNFest in-person on October 3rd, 2024. ODNFest is an opportunity for library and museum digitization professionals to gather to explore current and relevant digitization topics. The ODNFest name comes from the Ohio Digital Network (ODN), Ohio’s Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)’s service hub. Attendees do not have to be contributors to ODN participate.
The day will included two featured speakers:
Dr. Chelsea Denault, Michigan Digital Preservation Network
Not Just a Technical Problem: Building a Collaborative Digital Preservation Network in Michigan by Dr. Chelsea Denault. Dr. Denault (she/her) is the Coordinator of the Michigan Digital Preservation Network (MDPN), a program of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, where she works with partners to bring affordable and easy-to-use digital preservation services to cultural memory organizations of all sizes across Michigan. She will provide a brief explanation of the importance of digital preservation in the lifecycle of digital collections, share insights from establishing a statewide digital preservation network, and discuss future plans for the MDPN and collaborators beyond Michigan.
Danielle Taylor, Digital Preservation Librarian, Indiana University
Environmental Sustainability and Digital Preservation Danielle Taylor, Digital Presevation Librarian, of Indiana University. Digital preservation has long been more project-based at smaller and mid-sized organizations. As organizations move toward making digital preservation a sustainable operation, they are also realizing the environmental impacts of sustaining this core function. This session will provide a glimpse at the ways the profession is exploring and recognizing the impacts of preserving digital heritage materials and provide an overview of recent projects and initiatives exploring this topic. The session will then conclude with a recent case study and workshop at Indiana University as a way to measure carbon emissions from digital preservation, and ways we are exploring how to make our digital preservation program more sustainable to align with university-wide initiatives.
Other presentations of the day include Questioning Ethical Access: Conversations with Practitioners by Virginia Dressler, Kent State University, and Alternative and Local Press: The Pulse of a Culture by Aaron O’Donovan, Columbus Metropolitan Library. The conference will also include poster sessions, and networking opportunities.
If you have any questions please contact Penelope Shumaker at pshumaker@library.ohio.gov.
Date: October 3, 2024
Location: State Library of Ohio, 274 E. 1st Ave, Columbus, OH 43214
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., Check-in, networking, & light breakfast. Program 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Registration Closing Date: September 30, 2024 5 p.m.
Event Cost: $35
Register on NORWELD’s website.
ODNFest Full Schedule
9:00-9:30 Breakfast & Networking
9:30-10:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks – State Library of Ohio Staff
10:00- 11:00 Featured Speaker Chelsea Denault Not Just a Technical Problem: Building a Collaborative Digital Preservation Network in Michigan
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15 Virginia Dressler Questioning Ethical Access: Conversations with Practitioners
12:15-1:30 Lunch & State Library of Ohio Tour
1:30-2:30 Aaron O’Donovan Alternative and Local Press: The Pulse of a Culture
2:30-3:00 Poster Sessions
Rachel Bussert and Karen Brame Through His Lens: the Edward B. Taylor Collection
Janet Carleton Uncovering Little Cities of Black Diamonds: Naming Coal Mining Communities in the Frank Buhla Collection
Kate Davis Starting From Scratch: Creating a New Digitization Project in the Defiance College Archives
Lisa Wood Have you tried it? Describing Born Digital Materials in Archival Finding Aids
3:00-4:00 Featured Speaker Danielle Taylor Environmental Sustainability and Digital Preservation
4:00 Closing