[Eril-l] Reporters needed to cover ALCTS Virtual Preconferences

[ALCTS-CE Announce]

*ALCTS News *is seeking reporters for the ALCTS Virtual Preconference*
Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Metadata
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/vc>, *which will be held June 6-7
from 1 pm to 2 pm. Ideally they’d like to have one reporter for each
session. If you’d like to volunteer to write a report on one of these
sessions, please contact Rebecca Mugridge, *ALCTS News *Editor, at
rmugridge at albany.edu as soon as possible. Reports should summarize the
information presented and any particularly interesting points raised.
Report length can be in the range of 400-600 words, but this is flexible.
Below please find the preconference description:


*Session 1*

*Outreach and Inclusivity in Digital Libraries and Institutional
Repositories* <http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/vc-sess1>

Tuesday, June 6, 2017, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT

   - *Presentation 1: *Digital Project as Community Outreach: A New Way of
   Approaching Metadata
   - *Presentation 2:* Doing Justice to the Humanities: Increasing
   Inclusivity with More Specific Subject Description


*Session 2*

*Metadata Creation and Remediation in Zine and Digital Library Collections*
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/vc-sess2>

Wednesday, June 7, 2017, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT

   - *Presentation 1: *Towards Counter-Cultural Competencies: Mutual
   Metadata Creation and the Zine Union Catalog Project
   - *Presentation 2: *We Don’t Use Those Words Anymore: Describing
   Yesterday’s News Today


*Note*: *ALCTS News* will be calling for reporters for ALCTS Preconferences
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac> and ALCTS Programs at the ALA Annual
Conference <http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/programs> in Chicago
later this week.
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