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<p dir="ltr" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Call for Proposals</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Digital Initiatives Symposium 2019  </span></p><br style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Digital Initiatives Symposium at the University of San Diego is accepting proposals for its full day conference on <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;">Tuesday, April 30, 2019</span></span>. Proposals should fall into one of three formats:</span></p><br style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><ul style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Panel discussions: 60 minutes (please allow 10-15 minutes for Q&A)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Concurrent sessions: 45 minutes (please allow 10-15 minutes for Q&A)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lightning talks: 10 minutes </span></p></li></ul><br style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We welcome proposals from organizations, including colleges and universities of all sizes, community colleges, public libraries, special libraries, museums, and other cultural memory institutions. This year, we are especially interested in proposals that consider:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-m_2343282637596197542gmail-m_1055398974649345045gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-m_2343282637596197542gmail-m_1055398974649345045gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><ul style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:9.5pt;font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<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Alejandra Nann</b></font><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><i>Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian</i></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Helen K. and James S. Copley Library</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">University of San Diego</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">5998 Alcala Park</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">San Diego, CA 92110-2492</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Phone: (619) 260-7724</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Fax: (619) 849-8301</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="mailto:ajsnann@sandiego.edu" target="_blank">ajsnann@sandiego.edu</a></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="http://www.sandiego.edu/library" target="_blank">www.sandiego.edu/library</a></font></div><div><br></div><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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