The Digital Possibilities Series

The Digital Possibilities webinar series is a joint venture of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) and Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC), brought to you by LibraryLinkNJ's participation in the Professional Development Alliance of Library Consortia. 

Participation in this multi-part summer series requires registration for each separate webinar you wish to attend. Please see the descriptions of the Digital Possibilities events and dates below, and use the links provided to register for some or all of these valuable webinars! 

Digital Possibilities Series Session 1: Tending the Community - Building and Sustaining a Crowdsourced Transcription Project
Wednesday, June 3rd; 12pm-1pm EDT
Newberry Transcribe invites volunteers to help unlock the Newberry Library's handwritten historical collections — one document at a time. In this webinar, Digital Services Librarian Jen Wolfe discusses the philosophy behind the project, the outreach strategies that have built an active volunteer community, and the ongoing work of sustaining a transcription program after launch. Attendees will come away with a framework for thinking about crowdsourced transcription not as a technical problem but as a community relationship — one that remains meaningful even in an age of AI.
Use the following link to register for this event: https://www.carli.illinois.edu/digital-possibilities-series-tending-community-building-and-sustaining-crowdsourced-transcription

Digital Possibilities Series Session 2: Strategies for the Digitization of Municipal Archives - The Chicago City Council Audio Recordings, 1970-2012
Wednesday, June 10th; 2pm-3pm EDT
In 2024 Chicago's Office of the City Clerk was awarded a Recordings at Risk grant by the Council on Library and Information Resources to digitize a collection of City Council meeting audio recordings that span 40 years of Chicago political history. In this webinar, Matt Messbarger will explain the specific challenges faced and strategies developed to plan and complete this large-scale project with a focus on access and preservation of a unique record of Chicago history.
Use the following link to register for this event: https://www.carli.illinois.edu/digital-possibilities-series-strategies-digitization-municipal-archives-chicago-city-council-audio

Digital Possibilities Series Session 3: Digitization in a Box - Imagine the Possibilities!
Tuesday, June 23rd; 2pm-3pm EDT
The FLVC Digital Services + OER team, led by Rebel-Cummings-Sauls, will describe the “Digitization in a Box” Program — its origin, development, launch, and progress. Windy Gamble, of North Florida College, will share her institution’s journey in using the equipment, learning from FLVC's training, and succeeding in digitization as a newbie.
Use the following link to register for this event: https://flvc.libcal.com/calendar/Master/digitalpossibilitiesdiab