The 2015 Digital Initiatives Symposium had 175 attendees. There were participants from many states and international librarians as well:

Countries: Canada and Mexico

States: Alabama, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin

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Schedule
2015
Wednesday, April 29th
8:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast

KIPJ Rotunda

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM

Welcome and Announcements

KIPJ Theatre

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

9:15 AM

Opening Keynote

Heather Joseph

KIPJ Theatre

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

10:15 AM

Panel: Collaboration and Digital Projects

Matthew Gilchrist, University of Iowa
Tom Keegan, University of Iowa
Paul Soderdahl, University of Iowa
Shannon Davis, Washington University in St. Louis
Joel Minor, Washington University in St. Louis

KIPJ Theatre

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

10:15 AM

Panel: The Architectural Touch: Gestural Approaches to Library Search

Andreas Kratky, University of Southern California
Virginia Kuhn, University of Southern California
Susan Luftschein, University of Southern California
Michaela Ullmann, University of Southern California

KIPJ D

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

12:00 PM

Lunch

KIPJ ABC

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

1:00 PM

Between Subject and Tech Expertise: Collaborating with Faculty for Digital Humanities Projects

Wendy Fall, Marquette University
Rose Fortier, Marquette University
Heather James, Marquette University

KIPJ Theatre

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

1:00 PM

Digitizing the Black Experience: The Building of 'Digital Howard' and the 'Portal to the Black Experience'

Lopez D. Matthews Jr., Howard University
Kenvi C. Phillips, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Andrew Sulavik, Howard University

KIPJ EF

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

1:00 PM

Open Access at the University of California

Mitchell Brown, University of California - Irvine
Julia Gelfand, University of California - Irvine
Bethany Harris, University of California - San Diego

KIPJ D

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

1:00 PM

Turning Back the Clock: Retrofitting Metadata in Legacy Digital Collections

Amy Hunsaker, University of Nevada - Reno
Jeremy Floyd, University of Nevada - Reno

KIPJ G

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

1:50 PM

Creating and Sustaining a Digital Syllabus Collection: A Collaborative Approach for Librarians and Academic Units

Keven Jeffery, San Diego State University
Kathryn Houk, San Diego State University
Jordan Nielsen, San Diego State University
Jenny Wong-Welch, San Diego State University

KIPJ EF

1:50 PM - 2:35 PM

1:50 PM

Introducing Undergraduates to Open Access and the Power of Collaboration Between Scholarly Communications and Instruction Librarians

Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, Chapman University
Annie Knight, Santa Ana College

KIPJ Theatre

1:50 PM - 2:35 PM

1:50 PM

'O wiki'd wit and gift, that have the power / So to seduce!': Creating a Public Collaborative Digital Space for a Special Collections Environment

Abbie Weinberg, Folger Shakespeare Library
Meaghan J. Brown, Folger Shakespeare Library

KIPJ G

1:50 PM - 2:35 PM

2:40 PM

Reception

KIPJ Garden of the Sea

2:40 PM - 3:25 PM

3:25 PM

BAMBOULA/NOLA: A Community Sound Repository and Experience

Jeff Rubin, Tulane University of Louisiana

KIPJ G

3:25 PM - 4:10 PM

3:25 PM

Materializing Hypertexts: Bridging the 'Gap' Between Digital and Analog

Melanie Hubbard, Loyola Marymount University

KIPJ EF

3:25 PM - 4:10 PM

3:25 PM

Rescuing Texas History: Institutional Repository Development at The University of North Texas

Marcia McIntosh, University of North Texas

KIPJ D

3:25 PM - 4:10 PM

3:25 PM

Restricted Access to Digitized Archival Collections: Copyright, Privacy and Donor Restrictions in 20th Century Archival Collections

Rebecca Hirsch, Yale University
Kevin L. Glick, Yale University
Steelsen Smith, Yale University

KIPJ Theatre

3:25 PM - 4:10 PM

4:15 PM

Closing Keynote

Kenneth Crews

KIPJ Theatre

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM

bepress User Group Meeting

Irene Kamotsky, bepress Digital Commons

KIPJ D

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM