Hear ye, hear ye! Kennedy Library is sponsoring a colloquium on IR development from 8:30a – 4:30p October 10th on Cal Poly campus – and we have an exciting roster of speakers lined up. Registration is *FREE* but required by Oct 1st, 2008. Register online at: http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/about/events/ir2008/
Here’s the marketing blurb approved by da library brass:
Kennedy Library is sponsoring an all-day colloquium focusing on the challenges and successes of planning, creating and maintaining an academic institutional repository. Topics to be addressed include:
- Faculty and administration perspectives on the public value of IRs
- Rights management and working with publishers
- Documentation, policies, procedures and workflows
- Outreach and partnering with faculty and students
- Collecting content and populating the repository
- Lessons learned from IR planning and implementation
The colloquium speakers include:
- Provost William W. Durgin
- Michael Miller, Dean of Library Services
- Professor Brian Kennelly, Chair, Modern Languages and Literatures, Cal Poly
- Marisa Ramirez, Robert E. Kennedy Library
- David Walker, CSU Chancellor’s Office
- Trisha Davis, Ohio State University Libraries
- Shawn Martin, University of Pennsylvania Van Pelt Library
- Jeremy Shellhase, Humboldt State University Library
The colloquium will be held in Sage (formerly Vista Grande Café) on Cal Poly campus from 8:30am to 4:30pm on Friday, October 10, 2008.
Registration is free but required by October 1st 2008 to attend. Space is limited. For more information or to register for the event, please visit http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/about/events/ir2008/
For questions about registration, contact:
Lynda Alamo, Library Administration
805-756-2345
lalamo@calpoly.edu
For general questions about the colloquium, contact:
Marisa Ramirez, Digital Repository Librarian
Office phone: 805-756-7040
Email address: mramir14@calpoly.edu
