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<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALCTS
is offering a virtual preconference on June 6 & 7, and two
full-day<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span>preconferences on June 23
in Chicago—don't miss your chance to attend!</span></strong><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MTc/index.html"><img src="http://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/ALCTS/AC17_LOGO_200x160.jpg" alt="ALA
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MTg/index.html">Register
today for these exciting ALCTS preconferences!</a></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,131,172)">Preconferences in Chicago</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,131,172)"></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Building
Successful Digital Programs at Small Institutions</span></strong><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, June 23, 8:00
a.m. – 4:00 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Designed to help
smaller institutions with limited resources begin or reinvigorate a
digitization program that will endure, <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MTk/index.html" target="_blank">Building Successful Digital Programs at Small
Institutions</a> will offer four presentations focusing on each
step in the digital lifecycle, including selection, metadata
creation, access, and digital preservation. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Speakers
Include:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Jaime Schumacher, Director, Scholarly Communications,
Northern Illinois University, Founders Memorial Library; Madeline
Sheldon, Member Representative, Digital Technology Services, LYRASIS;
Danielle Spalenka, Project Director, Digital POWRR Project; Peggy
Griesinger, Metadata and Cataloging Librarian, George Mason
University</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fees:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> $219 ALCTS
Member; $269 ALA Member; $319 Non-Member.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To Register: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MjA/index.html" target="_blank">Register through the ALA Conference registration site</a>.
Provide the event code <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALC3</span></strong>
to register and pay for this event. ALA Conference registration is
not required to attend an ALCTS preconference.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cataloging
and Metadata For the Web: Meeting the User Where They Are</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, June
23, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MjE/index.html" target="_blank">Cataloging and Metadata For the Web: Meeting the User
Where They Are</a>, Ted Fons will use his Library Technology Report
to discuss ways in which we can expose our services and content on
the open web right now, meeting our users where they are. A panel of
librarians will share their first-hand experiences implementing the
concepts and ideas discussed by Ted. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Speakers
Include:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Ted Fons, Principle Consultant, Third Chapter Partners;
Kenning Arlitsch, Dean of the Library, Montana State University;
Sharon Day, Director, Branch Services & Collections, Edmonton
Public Library; Susan Allen, Director of Technology Services,
Worthington Libraries; Erica Findley, Cataloging/Metadata Librarian,
Multnomah County Library; Jim Hahn, Orientation Services &
Environments Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Qiang Jin, Cataloging Librarian, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration
Fees:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> $219 ALCTS Member; $269 ALA Member; $319 Non-Member.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To Register: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MjA/index.html" target="_blank">Register<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span>through
the ALA Conference registration site</a>. Provide the event
code <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALC2</span></strong>
to register and pay for this event. ALA Conference registration is
not required to attend an ALCTS preconference.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,131,172)">Virtual Preconference</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Can't
make it to Chicago for the in-person preconferences? You can still
participate in an ALCTS preconference event with the two-day virtual
preconference <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MjI/index.html" target="_blank">Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Metadata</a></span></strong>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Programming
includes: </span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MjM/index.html" target="_blank">Session 1: Outreach and Inclusivity in Digital
Libraries and Institutional Repositories</a><br>
Tuesday, June 6, 2017, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. CT </span><span></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Presentations:</span></strong><span> </span></li><ul type="square"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Digital Project as Community
Outreach: A New Way of Approaching Metadata</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Doing Justice to the
Humanities: Increasing Inclusivity with More Specific Subject
Description</span><span></span></li></ul></ul><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MjQ/index.html" target="_blank">Session 2: Metadata Creation and Remediation in
Zine and Digital Library Collections</a><br>
Wednesday, June 7, 2017, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. CT</span><span> </span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Presentations:</span></strong><span> </span></li><ul type="square"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Towards Counter-Cultural
Competencies: Mutual Metadata Creation and the Zine Union
Catalog Project</span><span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We Don’t Use Those Words
Anymore: Describing Yesterday’s News Today</span><span></span></li></ul></ul></ul>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Fees:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ALCTS
Member: $69 both sessions or $43 one session<br>
Non-member: $95 both sessions or $59 one session<br>
Groups: $206 both sessions or $129 one session</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Fees
include access to the live presentation as well as unlimited access
to the recorded presentation.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To
Register:</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Complete the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=olweb&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=X">online
registration form</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> or call 1-800-545-2433 and press 5.<br>
For help with registration, contact a customer service representative
by dialing 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email <a href="mailto:registration@ala.org" target="_blank">registration@ala.org</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For questions or
comments related to these or other ALCTS events, contact Julie Reese,
ALCTS Continuing Education and Meetings Manager, at 1-800-545-2433,
ext. 5034 or <a href="mailto:jreese@ala.org" target="_blank">jreese@ala.org</a>.</span> </p>
<p><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MjU/index.html"><img src="http://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/AC17_LOGO_200x160.jpg" style="margin-right: 19px;" alt="2017
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<p style="margin-left:1in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For
a comprehensive listing of ALCTS programming at ALA Annual 2017,
visit the <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NTgzMzc2JnA9MSZ1PTEwMDc0MTA0NzkmbGk9NDQxNzQ5MjU/index.html" target="_blank">ALCTS Programs at Annual 2017 web page</a><span style="color:black">.</span></span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></em></p>
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