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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><b><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Announcing the new ATG Trendspotting Initiative!</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal">Building last year’s FuturesLab, the Charleston Conference invites broad participation in our new ATG Trendspotting Initiative, a community-engaged process for cooperatively and collaboratively exploring social, policy, economic, technology, and educational trends and forecasting the impacts of these trends on scholarly communication, publishing, and academic libraries.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><a href="https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/webinars/atg-trendspotting/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.<wbr>charlestonlibraryconference.<wbr>com/video/webinars/atg-<wbr>trendspotting/</a> <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><b>Join the Webinar and Submit your Trend Storm!</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal">ATG Trendspotting kicks off with a free webinar on June 19, 11 am-12 pm PT/12-1 pm MT/1-2 pm CT/2-3 pm ET. Learn about the initiative and how you can participate as a Trend Storm nominator, Trend Lab participant at the Charleston Conference, and/or Trend Texts contributor to the annual essay compendium. Webinar speakers will include Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Project Director and Trend Lab Leader, as well as Katina Strauch and Leah Hinds of the Charleston Conference.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal">Register for the webinar at <a href="https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=ED55D880894D31" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.anymeeting.com/<wbr>AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?<wbr>PIID=ED55D880894D31</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal">The webinar will be recorded and made available for later viewing.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal">Already ready to submit to the Trend Storm and/or nominate yourself to participate in the Trend Lab at the Charleston Conference? Fill out this form by<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">July 20</span></span><span> </span>-<span> </span><a href="https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1183232" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://forms.illinois.edu/<wbr>sec/1183232</a>. You can submit a Trend Storm even if you are unable to attend the Charleston Conference so don’t let travel be a barrier to participation!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><b>Want to know more about ATG Trendspotting?</b><span> </span>Keep reading!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal">We envision:</p><p class="gmail-m_521380055337238858inbox-inbox-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span>Producing a vetted listing of social, policy, economic, technology, and educational trends by means of the<span> </span><b>Trend Storm</b>.</p><p class="gmail-m_521380055337238858inbox-inbox-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span>Hosting a<span> </span><b>Trend Lab</b><span> </span>forum at the Charleston Conference on the potential impacts of the trends on the information industry with a small group of nominated/invited participants.</p><p class="gmail-m_521380055337238858inbox-inbox-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span>Presenting a<span> </span><b>Trend Talk</b><span> </span>panel at the Charleston conference sharing the results of the Trend Lab discussion and soliciting further input.</p><p class="gmail-m_521380055337238858inbox-inbox-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span>Publishing<span> </span><b>Trend Texts</b>, a set of short essays summarizing the trends, forecasting the impact of the trends on the information industry, synthesizing the discussion at the Charleston Conference, and assessing the speed, depth, and desirability of the coming changes.</p><p class="gmail-m_521380055337238858inbox-inbox-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span>Offering a spring 2019<span> </span><b>Trendspotting<span> </span></b>webinar sharing summary of process and kicking off the next round of trend identification.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><b>Still have questions?</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal">Contact Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Project Director and Trend Lab Leader, at<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_521380055337238858inbox-inbox-MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:ljanicke@illinois.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">ljanicke@illinois.edu</a>.</span></p>
<br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Beth R. Bernhardt</div>
<div>Assistant Dean for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications</div>
<div>University Libraries</div>
<div>University of North Carolina Greensboro</div>
<div>PO Box 26170</div>
<div>Greensboro, NC 27402</div>
<div>336-256-1210</div><div><img alt="FullName UNCG Logo combined with 125th mark" src="https://uncgcdn.blob.core.windows.net/email/UNCG_full_125th.png"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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