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DigiPres 2021 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tonia Sutherland!

We are pleased to announce Dr. Tonia Sutherland Dr. Tonia Sutherland headshot as the keynote speaker for Digital Preservation 2021: Embracing Digitality (#DigiPres21). Dr. Sutherland is an Assistant Professor in the Library and Information Sciences Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where her work focuses on memory, community, and technology. Dr. Sutherland’s book Digital Remains is forthcoming from the University of California Press. Since she will be joining us for the virtual event from Hawaiʻi, her keynote address, titled “After the Archives: On Living and Dying in Digital Culture,” will take place halfway through the program as a plenary session.

For more information on Dr. Sutherland’s keynote talk – or to explore the rest of the DigiPres program and affiliated events – be sure to review the program schedule.

Conference Details and Registration Information

The conference will be held online from 11am – 6pm Eastern Time on Thursday, November 4th, 2021 (World Digital Preservation Day!), in concert with the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) events DLF Forum (November 1-3) and Learn@DLF (November 8-10).
DigiPres and the DLF Forum are free with the option to donate; Learn@DLF is $35 per workshop.
Register today! Registration for ALL events is open through October 25th or until the event sells out. Registration is limited across all events this year.

DLF Forum and Fall Events Move Online

Based on the overwhelming responses to our community survey, the number and distribution of proposals for all CFPs, and CLIR’s ongoing monitoring of the pandemic situation, it has become clear to us that for the health and safety of our attendees and presenters, we must transition all of our fall events to a virtual format. We are sorry we won’t be able to explore Baltimore in 2020, but we’re already making arrangements to hold our 2022 events there, so we’ll just have to wait a bit longer to enjoy time together in Charm City.

What does this mean for 2020? We are not entirely sure yet, but we would love your input. We are happy to share this second community survey about virtual events in which we ask for your thoughts on what you’d like to see from a virtual CLIR/DLF event or series of events this fall. We would appreciate your input by Monday, June 1.

We understand that you may have questions, and while we may not have the answers just yet, we welcome the dialogue with you. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at forum@diglib.org, and thank you so much for your understanding and patience during this unprecedented time. Stay healthy and safe, and we’ll be in touch with more soon.

Registration NOW OPEN for DLF Forum, Learn@DLF, and NDSA’s Digital Preservation!

The time has come! We are delighted to announce the opening of registration for the 2019 DLF Forum, Learn@DLF, and Digital Preservation 2019: Critical Junctures, taking place October 13-17 in Tampa, Florida. Be among the first to secure the early bird rate and start planning for yet another memorable week with DLF.

The DLF Forum (#DLFforum, October 14-16), our signature event, welcomes digital library practitioners and others from member institutions and the broader community, for whom it serves as a meeting place, marketplace, and congress. The event is a chance for attendees to , present work, meet with other DLF working group members, and share experiences, practices and information. Learn more here: https://forum2019.diglib.org/about

Learn@DLF (#learnatdlf, October 13) is our dedicated pre-conference workshop day for digging into tools, techniques, workflows, and concepts. Through engaging, hands-on sessions, attendees will gain experience with new tools and resources, exchange ideas, and develop and share expertise with fellow community members. Learn more here: https://forum2019.diglib.org/learnatdlf/

Digital Preservation (#digipres19, October 16-17), the major annual meeting of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance, will help to chart future directions for both the NDSA and digital stewardship, and is a crucial venue for intellectual exchange, community-building, development of best practices, and national-level agenda-setting in the field. Learn more about this year’s event, whose theme is ‘Critical Junctures,’ here: http://ndsa.org/meetings/

The full program for the DLF Forum and DigiPres will be released in the coming weeks, but we are delighted to share the Learn@DLF schedule today. Check it out, and consider attending our fabulous pre-conference workshop day, now in its second year.

Need some assistance getting to the DLF Forum? Our Fellowship Application is open for just a few more days. Check out all of the different opportunities we are offering this year and submit your application by our approaching deadline Monday, June 10.

It’s never too early. Register now to join us!