The guiding focus for this year’s DLF Forum is building community while apart, chosen as a top priority by respondents to our DLF community survey earlier this year. With a mind to building community as well as making the wellness of our event attendees a continued priority, our amazing Community Committee has put together a variety of resources to help soften the edges in a difficult year.
Since we couldn’t welcome you to Baltimore in-person this year, the DLF Forum Community Committee and DigiPres volunteers put together some virtual tours, exhibitions, activities, and wellness resources from some of our favorite Baltimore-based organizations and museums.
In partnership with Baltimore-based small business Pixilated, we’re offering a photo booth for attendees of all of our events this year! PixiWeb is a virtual photo booth experience that helps keep everyone connected through shared event photo galleries and experiences.
While we can’t visit Baltimore in person this year, sampling a range of music from and about Baltimore will give us a sense of its diverse communities and eclectic residents. If the Charm City inspires you to think of any hometown musicians or songs, please add them to the DLF Forum 2020 BALTIMORE playlist at http://bit.ly/DLF2020bmore. This is a community playlist on Spotify which means if you access it via the link to listen or add songs. This playlist is not public yet, which means it will not be displayed in Spotify search results. Once the conference is over, the playlist will be closed to community additions and made publicly discoverable. Please do not add explicit songs, those noted with an ”E”. If you have any issues or questions, please contact rachel.wittmann@utah.edu.
While you’re busily attending DLF Forum, DigiPres, or 5 for 5 sessions, have your young people check out the Homeschool Co-op 2020’s free, online offerings happening through the week at http://www.homeschoolcoop2020.com/. Love what they do? Consider a donation if you’re able: http://www.homeschoolcoop2020.com/donate.html
Craving serendipitous conversations with your fellow conference attendees? Head on over to the #snack-club channel on the DLF Forum Slack! Snacks are spontaneous, one-on-one video convos that attendees can start using /snack command at any time. Everyone in the channel will have the option of joining and getting matched with a fellow attendee based on their interests. Chats are short and ice breakers are provided. Go on, grab a snack!
Gamify your DLF Forum experience with a conference-themed networking BINGO! Engage in terrific Forum sessions, join in fun social events, and explore an array of DLF activities. All participants who complete a card will receive a pair of special DLF Forum Zoom backgrounds. Download the bingo card for complete rules and once you’re ready to yell “BINGO!” email it to dlfbingo20@protonmail.com.
This year, the Community Committee is hosting a DLF Forum Pen Pal program! This program is a fun, lightweight activity to connect us across locations. It’s easy! In the first tab of the sign-up spreadsheet, just add your name and information to the list in Columns A-D to indicate you want to be written to. Then choose a person you want to write by adding your name in Column E. Keep in mind, someone can add their name to your line, giving you a chance to have two pen pals. A list of prompts are provided in the second tab in the spreadsheet, but feel free to write about any topic of interest, being sure to follow DLF’s Code of Conduct. Messages don’t need to be lengthy. Instead, think of this as an opportunity for collegial connections and conversation. Letters (emails) should be sent by Nov. 10th. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Joseph Koivisto (jkoivist@umd.edu) or Lauren Cooper (lcooper@psu.edu).
First time at DLF? Still have unanswered questions? Join veteran DLF attendees in a low-key informal chat session in the #newcomers Slack channel over coffee/tea to help navigate the threads of social/wellness activities and general conference Q&A.
Baltimore-based bartender Ashley Mac has created a DLF signature cocktail / mocktail called “Raisin Awareness: Don’t Judge a Book by its ApPEARance” that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home with a few inexpensive ingredients. Recipe now available.
Just because we won’t be in Baltimore, doesn’t mean we can’t see and experience Baltimore…at the movies! Join us for a group viewing on Teleparty (formerly known as Netflix Party) to watch a Baltimore-themed movie. Vote for your favorite options in this poll and check in the Slack for the link to watch!
First time at DLF? Still have unanswered questions? Join veteran DLF attendees in a low-key informal chat session in the #newcomers Slack channel over coffee/tea to help navigate the threads of social/wellness activities and general conference Q&A.
We invite you and your little ones to enjoy the DLF Forum’s esteemed keynoter Dr. Stacey Patton as she reads “Precious and the Boo Hag” by Patricia C. McKissack and Onawumi Jean Moss (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005) aloud via Zoom Webinar. This is a LIVE reading that will take place over the lunch break on Tuesday, November 10, the second day of the DLF Forum.
Registration in advance is required and attendance is capped at 500. This reading will not be recorded.
Questions? Write to us at forum@diglib.org.
Feeling that Zoom fatigue but interested in trying a new way to connect? Join fellow DigiPres attendees for an experimental, virtual gathering in a beta spatialized audio environment (think avatars exploring a 2-D space and having conversations with one another) from High Fidelity. Space is limited and requires advance registration. This gathering will take place between 12:30-1:00 PM EST/9:30-10:00 AM PST.
How to participate:
You can register here. The day of the conference, registrants will be sent a link to access the virtual room via email. Please do not share your link with others.
Download one or more digital preservation-themed bingo cards and play along throughout DigiPres sessions on Thursday!
How to play:
Take a break from screens and connect with your inner child (or your actual child!) using free coloring sheets from public domain collections. It’s meditative, it’s a chance to add your own artistic twist to a classic image, and when you’re finished you can share your artwork with us and each other in the #colorourcollections Slack channel. Contributions by the whole family are encouraged; fulsome praise guaranteed.
Just a few possibilities, including some from Digitizing Hidden Collections grant recipients:
This session was inspired by the #ColorOurCollections initiative, which takes place every February. Anyone can turn their collections into coloring sheets — get started with a tutorial from NYPL.
Over the past few months, grantees have come together to talk through challenges and celebrate successes together during ‘CLIR Coffee Breaks’. Now everyone’s invited! Hop into Slack channels to chat about your ongoing work, share resources, and meet new people. We’ll set up some channels around the event’s five themes and share a few questions to get you started—you can also request a new channel by posting/voting in #channel-requests!
You only have to talk about COVID if you want to, we promise.