Conference Presentations

The workshop was a great success with many presentations, posters, and a wonderful keynote presentation by Jon Voss of Historypin. Thank you to all who participated. Please see links below to access the presentation PowerPoints, posters, and videos.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

• CONTENTdm Usage Reporting with Google Analytics, Christian Sarason, OCLC and Personalizing Google Analytics, Josh Wilson, North Carolina State Library
• Overview of CONTENTdm and the Digital Collection Gateway, Geri Ingram, OCLC
• Transforming CONTENTdm Metadata to Linked Data, Cory Lampert and Silvia Southwick, University of Nevada Las Vegas
• Can One Story Change the World? Jon Voss, We Are What We Do

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

• CONTENTdm Update, Christian Sarason, OCLC
• Using Perl Modules to Interact with the CONTENTdm API, Andrew Bullen, Illinois State University
• Using "Batches" to Create Workflows in CONTENTdm for Shared Projects within the Library, Jill Ellern and Paromita Biswas, Western Carolina University
• Automating the Audit: Updates from the Metadata Upgrade Project at the University of Houston Libraries, Andrew Weidner, Annie Wu, and Santi Thompson, University of Houston
• Best Practices for Scrapbook Collections in CONTENTdm: Lessons from the University Archives Scrapbook Collection at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Anna Craft, David Gwynn, and Kathelene McCarty Smith, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Kick it up a Notch: Advanced Upload Techniques, Features, and Tips-&-Tricks, Mark Anderson, University of Iowa
• The Use and Future of Splash Pages for CONTENTdm Databases, Jill Ellern and Joel Marchesoni, Western Carolina University
• Using XSLT and PHP to Streamline Populating ProQuest ETD Metadata into CONTENTdm, Yan Wang, University of Alabama and Birmingham
• All Together Now: Collaboration in CONTENTdm Projects Jessica Short, Tennessee State Library and Archives Ashley Knox, and John Quirk, University of South Carolina
• Going Hosted: The Good, the Bad, and the Minions and Supporting Your Choice-Hosted or Local: Some Infrastructure Considerations, Jim Cunningham, Illinois State University Glenn Bunton, University of South Carolina and Christian Sarason, OCLC
• Poster Sessions:
  • From Postcards to Practicum, Anne Price and Kathy Harden, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
  • Digitizing Joseph M. Bruccoli's Great War Collection, Brianna Hughes, University of South Carolina
  • Digitizing Historical Newspapers, Virginia Pierce and Laura Blair, University of South Carolina
  • Access to Spatial Datasets Using CONTENTdm, Rhys Stevens, Bryson Duda, and Maxine Tedesco, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
  • William Gilmore Simms Initiative, Website and Scrapbook Viewer, Jessica Hemphill, University of South Carolina