[tex-dig] Digitization Expo at TLA, April 15th at the Dallas Convention Center, 9 am to 4:30 pm.

[Danielle Plumer]

Please join us for a special one day event, the Digitization Expo 2008 at the Texas Library Association's Annual Convention.  Everyone is welcome to attend, and the cost is just $15 at the door.  

Are you interested in digitization, but don't know where to start? Do you want to learn more? This is a wonderful opportunity to find the answers you've been looking for.  Visit the Digitization Expo to learn from practitioners, talk with vendors, and see live demonstrations of equipment and software, including FREE and Open Source solutions.  

>From digital cameras to high end scanners, you can see it all here!

     When? Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9 am - 4:30 pm

     Where? Dallas Convention Center, corner of Young and Griffin, Ballroom A, 3

     Who? Anyone interested in digitization -- you do not need to be a TLA member.

     What? From digital cameras to high end scanners, you can see it all here!

     How? $15 at the door of the ballroom.


List of Vendors
 
- Amigos Library Services
- Archetype Digital Imaging Alliance
- Atiz Innovation
- Backstage Library Works
- Center for Art Conservation
- IImage Retrieval, Inc.
- Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
- OCLC, Inc.
- Portal to Texas History, UNT
- Safe Sound Archive
- Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative
- UT ASIS&T (Open Source Software)
- Zytron Imaging Services


Presentation Schedule

 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.    Mary O'Connor, Archetype Digital Imaging Alliance
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.    Derek Jenkins, IImage Retrieval, Inc.
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.    Julianna Smith, Backstage Library Works
11:00 - 11:50 a.m.    Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.    George Blood, SafeSound Archive
 1:00 -  2:50 p.m.    Texas Digitization Projects Panel Discussion
                      - Lisa Spiro, Rice University
                      - Susan Clarke, Stephen F. Austin University
                      - Laura Zavala Garcia and Alex Hatley, Corpus Christi Public Library
                      - Mark Phillips, University of North Texas
 3:00 -  4:30 p.m.    Student Poster Session  


For questions, contact:

Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator
Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax)
dplumer at tsl.state.tx.us