<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family:quattrocento">CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ALCTS Digital Scholarship Program at the 2017
ALA Annual Conference</span></b></font></p><font size="2">

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duplication)</span></font></p><font size="2">

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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">The Association for Library
Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) seeks panelists for a program to
be held at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.<span>  </span>“Creating the Future of Digital Scholarship
Together: Collaboration from Within Your Library” will feature librarians
involved in the provision of digital scholarship services describing the range
of opportunities for technical services ' contribution in this emerging field
of librarianship.<span>  </span>We seek speakers who
will provide case studies to stimulate ideas for collaboration between digital
scholarship and technical services librarians.<span> 
</span>The program is expected to attract a diverse audience<span style="color:windowtext">, including librarians from technical services, public
services, and digital scholarship and digital humanities services.<span>  </span>The date of the program is yet to be
determined, but will occur on either <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Saturday, June 24</span></span> or <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Sunday, June 25, 2017</span></span>.</span></span></font></p><font size="2">

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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">Those interested in
participating on the panel should send an email to the program planners
(contact information below) describing the digital scholarship efforts in which
they are involved, and specifically contributions those in technical services
areas (e.g., cataloging/metadata services, collection development,
preservation) serve in this regard.<span>  </span>We
are interested in highlighting cross-divisional, collaborative digital
scholarship activities as proof of concept for those who have yet to undertake
a more holistic approach to provision of digital scholarship services.<span>  </span>Our goal is to pull together a complementary
set of three presentations that emphasize the differing aspects of and
approaches to digital scholarship activities in today’s libraries.</span></font></p><font size="2">

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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">To propose your topic, include:</span></font></p><font size="2">

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in 200 words or less.</span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="gmail-m_2164519727674911182gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento"><span>●<span style="font-family:"times new roman";font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal">       </span></span></span><span style="font-family:quattrocento">The digital scholarship efforts in which you
are involved, and specifically contributions those in technical services areas
(e.g., cataloging/metadata services, collection development, preservation)
serve in this regard.<span>  </span></span></font></p><font size="2">

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</font><p class="gmail-m_2164519727674911182gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento"><span>●<span style="font-family:"times new roman";font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-synthesis:weight style;font-variant:normal">       </span></span></span><span style="font-family:quattrocento">Send the proposal to Norm Medeiros and
Andrea Wirth (contact information below) by <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">5:00 p.m. PST</span></span> Monday, Nov 14^th,
2016.</span></font></p><font size="2">

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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento"><span> </span>Notifications will be made no later than
December 16^th.<span>  </span>Please don’t
hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.</span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><a name="m_2164519727674911182__gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-family:quattrocento"><span>                              <wbr>                  </span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">Norm Medeiros</span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">Associate Librarian for
Collection Management & Metadata Services</span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">Haverford College</span></font></p><font size="2">

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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">Andrea Wirth<span>                          </span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">Digital Scholarship Librarian</span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:quattrocento">University of Nevada, Las Vegas</span></font></p><font size="2">

<span style="line-height:115%;font-family:quattrocento"><a href="mailto:andrea.wirth@unlv.edu" target="_blank">andrea.wirth@unlv.edu</a><span>          </span></span></font></div>