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  • Announcements
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    Last post by jstapp View the latest post
    on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:19 pm
  • Track 1: Identification & Acquisition
    Web harvesting, Authentication, Fixity, Version control, Audit trail, & Appraisal
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    Last post by jensene8 View the latest post
    on Thu May 29, 2008 1:45 pm
  • Track 2: Description
    Metadata, Taxonomy & Controlled Vocabulary
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    Last post by 2008fac View the latest post
    on Thu May 22, 2008 1:43 pm
  • Track 3: Discovery & Access
    Indexing, Searching, Privacy, Deep web access, Visualization, Promotion, & Digital content use
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    Last post by 2008fac View the latest post
    on Thu May 22, 2008 4:01 pm
  • Track 4: Collection Management & Preservation
    Disaster recovery/Continuity of operations, Data security, Permanency, Format version/Migration/Emulation, Redundancy, & Digitization
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    Last post by Jim View the latest post
    on Wed May 28, 2008 3:51 pm
  • Track 5: Project Management
    Executive support, Funding/Budgeting, Procurement, Building digital preservation communities, Outreach
    & Marketing
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  • BPE 2008 Planning
    Ideas and discussion related to planning Best Practices Exchange 2008.
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    Last post by 2008fac View the latest post
    on Tue May 20, 2008 9:22 am
  • Virtual Bulletin Board
    This virtual board is available for posting general notices. For example, look for a roommate, plan an informal get-together, or find someone to share a cab with.
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    Last post by smuth View the latest post
    on Mon May 07, 2007 9:23 am
  • The Arizona Guide
    Discover and share a wide variety of resources on the Grand Canyon State.
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    Last post by mramirez View the latest post
    on Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:33 am
  • Track 1: Metadata & Discovery
    This track will address all aspects related to metadata and resource discovery. Presenters will share ideas, experiences and real-world examples related to the role of metadata in locating, identifying, gathering, accessing, acquiring, preserving and migrating digital resources. Discussions may include the examination of the benefits, challenges, and key success factors of creation, evaluation, selection or implementation of metadata tools, schema and standards; issues surrounding “efficient” vs. “quality” metadata assignment; automated and manual metadata extraction, aggregation and interoperability; controlled vocabularies, faceted classification or other current metadata issues or projects.
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    Last post by rprouty View the latest post
    on Thu May 17, 2007 4:05 pm
  • Track 2: Access
    This track will address all aspects related to providing access to digital collections. This will include experiences, ideas, current programs, and practices for providing access to both digitized and born digital resources. Discussions may cover digital formats and standards, scanning / digitization initiatives, digital asset migration for continued access, repository software, access restrictions, copyright, privacy, cultural sensitivity and other digital rights management issues and federated searching for access.
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    Last post by smuth View the latest post
    on Fri May 11, 2007 11:37 am
  • Track 3: Preservation
    This track will cover all aspects related to preservation of electronic information, both digitized and born digital. Topics may include collecting digital assets in specific formats (e.g. email, websites, born-digital publications and databases); the collection and digitization of non-textual resources (such as film, audio, video and GIS); tools for collecting assets; legislative and executive mandates related to digital preservation; strategies and methods of digitization for preservation; long-term file management software; long-term storage media; creation, evaluation and use of a trusted digital repository; authentication of digital files; data migration and system emulation; and disaster planning and recovery.
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    Last post by lmaxwell View the latest post
    on Mon May 14, 2007 7:56 am
  • Track 4: Technology
    This track will cover technological methods, tools and solutions for the collection, storage and delivery of digital assets. Discussions may cover set up, use, testing and maintenance of open-source and commercial software programs; customization of repository software; pilot repository projects; the use of programming technologies such as PHP and XML; implementation of LOCKSS; relational and non-relational database management and design; search engines and federated search tools; testing and maintenance tools and methods; backup and preservation tools; system and file security; spidering and indexing programs; storage media; experiences with product evaluation; experiences with IT department collaboration; and future hardware and software trends. Real world examples, product demonstrations and code exchanges are welcomed. Tech newbies and tech savvy are encouraged to participate and attend.
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    Last post by lmaxwell View the latest post
    on Sun May 13, 2007 9:01 pm
  • Track 5: Project Management & Outreach
    This track will cover all aspects related to project management and outreach. Discussions may include the creation, evaluation or adoption of digital resource management and access tools; considerations for creating a digital preservation or digitization program; defining new workflows and incorporating digital asset management into existing workflows; challenges and benefits of merging digital and print resource workflows; defining staff training and skills needed; determining how a digital project fits within the organizational mission and goals; tips and strategies to planning successful project implementation/roll out; creation and implementation of policies and benchmarks; promotion of compliance from digital asset creators including state agencies; management of project activities in regard to time, money, materials, staffing, expertise, space, technology and quality assurance; relationship building with content creators, libraries, archives or government records; best practices and lessons learned from managing your digital project; marketing and promotion of your digital services and grant funding tips, tools and experiences.
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    Last post by ChristyAllen View the latest post
    on Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:59 am
  • Track 6: Emerging Issues
    This track will include issues not encompassed by the other tracks. With rapidly emerging opportunities in information and communication technologies, this track may include presentations on the newest of issues facing our field. This could include presentations on the creation, implementation, use, integration and maintenance of social software (Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting), implications of Web 2.0, implications of online 3D communities (ActiveWorlds, Second Life), social networking sites (MySpace, Friendster) or other emerging issues facing our field.
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    Last post by rprouty View the latest post
    on Thu May 17, 2007 3:59 pm
  • Slogans
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    Last post by ddeleon View the latest post
    on Thu May 10, 2007 7:29 am
  • Post-conference narrative reports
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    Last post by ChristyAllen View the latest post
    on Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:48 am
  • Guest Speakers
    Notes or comments on the presentations by Brewster Kahle and Commissioner Jeff Hatch-Miller.
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    Last post by Newsmaster View the latest post
    on Fri May 11, 2007 12:42 pm

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