[Nhcoll-l] SPNHC 2012

[Watkins-Colwell, Gregory]

Hi all,

This Wednesday, June 13<x-apple-data-detectors://0> the opening session of SPNHC 2012 will be livestreamed at http://new.livestream.com/yale.

The opening session of SPNHC 2012 will feature welcome remarks, the keynote presentation from noted science author Carl Zimmer and a plenary session on The Digital Content Lifecycle and Natural History Collections: New Responsibilities and Opportunities. The keynote and plenary session take place at the historic Shubert Theatre in downtown New Haven and will begin at 8:30 AM<x-apple-data-detectors://2> and continue to 12:00 PM<x-apple-data-detectors://3>.

Keynote Speaker - Carl Zimmer
From The Page to the Pixel: Science Writing Goes Online
The Internet has profoundly transformed communication about science. Traditional venues, such as museums and printed magazines, have now been joined by blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and a dizzying menagerie of other media. Carl's talk will discuss his experiments--successful and otherwise--in making the transition to science online.

Plenary Session
The Digital Content Lifecycle and Natural History Collections: New Responsibilities and Opportunities.
There has been an increasing focus on digitizing objects housed in Natural History collections, and recent funding initiatives will lead to the acquisition of digital assets on a massive scale. The acquisition of these assets presents many new challenges related to the management and accessibility of these items. It also provides an opportunity to make collections accessible in new and interesting ways. This session will feature presentations on the digital content life-cycle from leaders in the field. Topics to be covered include preservation, discovery, and dissemination. Panelists include Kenneth Hamma (Yale Center for British Art), Dominic Oldman (British Museum), Paul Courant (University of Michigan).

With our best wishes,

Tim & Susan

Tim White & Susan Butts
SPNHC 2012 Co-Chairs

Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale University

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