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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ALCTS
News </span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">is
seeking reporters for the ALCTS Virtual Preconference<b> <a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/vc"><span style="font-weight:normal">Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Metadata</span></a>, </b>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, <i>ALCTS News </i>Editor, at <a href="mailto:rmugridge@albany.edu">rmugridge@albany.edu</a> 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:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Session 1</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/vc-sess1" target="_self"><b>Outreach
and Inclusivity in Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories</b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tuesday,
June 6, 2017, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Presentation
1: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Digital Project as Community
Outreach: A New Way of Approaching Metadata</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Presentation
2:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Doing Justice to the
Humanities: Increasing Inclusivity with More Specific Subject Description</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Session 2</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/vc-sess2" target="_self"><b>Metadata
Creation and Remediation in Zine and Digital Library Collections</b></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wednesday,
June 7, 2017, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Presentation
1: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Towards Counter-Cultural
Competencies: Mutual Metadata Creation and the Zine Union Catalog Project</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Presentation
2: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We Don’t Use Those Words
Anymore: Describing Yesterday’s News Today</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Note</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:
<i>ALCTS News</i> will be calling for reporters for <a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac">ALCTS Preconferences</a> and <a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ac/2017/programs">ALCTS Programs at the
ALA Annual Conference</a> in Chicago later this week.</span></p>
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