Overview slides for a panel discussion at the 2014 annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Library Association in Lancaster, PA, co-moderated by Martina Soden and Scott Thomas of the Scranton Public Library.

1. Statewide Collaboration on
Historic Digital Collections

2. Today’s Session
9:00 –9:07Introduction
9:08 –9:24Meet the Panelists
9:25 –9:50Discussion
9:50 –10:00Action Items

3. Introduction
9:00 –9:07

4. Meet the Panelists
9:08 –9:24

5. Martina Soden and Scott Thomas
Head of Reference Services
Head of IT/Technical Services
Scranton Public Library
Lackawanna Valley Digital Archives

6. Kristen Yarmey
Digital Services Librarian
DPLA Community Rep
University of Scranton

7. Annie Johnson
CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow
DPLA Community Rep
Lehigh University

8. Sabra Statham
Project Coordinator
DPLA Community Rep
The People’s Contest: A Civil War Era Digital Archiving Project
Pennsylvania State University

9. Cathy Wilt
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI)

10. Alice Lubrecht
Director
State Library of Pennsylvania

11. Discussion
9:25 –9:50

12. Guiding Questions
•What do you think about the visionof a single, user-friendly portal for PA-related digital collections?
•What possible stepsor strategiescould we take to bring about this vision?
•What do you think about DPLAas a path forward?
•What resourcesdo we need to get started? What resources are available?
•Whoshould be included in this conversation? How do we ensure that all voices are heard?
•How do we balance needs and resourcesof small/large institutions?
•How do we accommodate differencesin our institutional goals?

13. Action Items
9:50 –10:00