<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">**** PLEASE EXCUSE CROSS-POSTINGS****</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><a href="https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">Registration is now open</a></b> for
the <b><a href="https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/" target="_blank">2019 Digital Initiatives Symposium</a> </b>at the University of San Diego on April 29 &30, 2019!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> - Six
Pre-conference Workshops:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Collections as Data:
Digital Collections for Emerging Research Methods by Stewart Varner, <i>University
of Pennsylvania</i><br>
- Two Peas in a Pod: On Information Literacy and Open Educational Resources by
Michelle Reed, <i>University of Texas at Arlington</i><br>
- Text Mining with HathiTrust: Empowering Librarians to Support Digital
Scholarship Research by Eleanor Dickson Koehl, <i>HathiTrust</i></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Results-Driving OER
Programs by Nicole Finkbeiner, <i>Rice University</i><br>
- Metadata for Digital Projects: An Overview of Practical Issues and Challenges
by Murtha Baca, <i>Getty Research Institute and UCLA</i></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">-Strategies and Tools
for Digital Repository Selection and Migration by Todd Crocken and Anne
Washington, <i>University of Houston</i><br>
 </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Register at:</span></i><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com</a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><br></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Keynote speakers:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Virginia Steel</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">, Norman and Armena Powell
University Librarian, <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">UCLA</span></i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br>
"Open, Equitable, Affordable, and Transparent: Progress on the Road to
True Open Access"</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Leslie
Chan</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">,
Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Critical
Development Studies, <i>University of Toronto Scarborough</i></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">"Platform
Capitalism and the Governance of Knowledge Infrastructure"</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Featured speaker:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Yasmeen
Shorish</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">,
Data Services Coordinator / Associate Professor, <i>James Madison
University<br>
</i></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">"Centering
Humanity in Digital Scholarship"</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Plus,
2 Panels, 12 Concurrent Sessions, 5 Lightning Talks, and 4 User Groups (Digital
Commons, DSpace, Fedora and Islandora) and more!</span></b></p>

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</span><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">See the full program at:</span></i><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/" target="_blank">https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">__________________________</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">Laura Turner</font><div><i><font size="1">Head of Collections, Access, and Discovery</font></i></div><div><font size="1">Helen K. and James S. Copley Library / University of San Diego</font></div><div><font size="1">5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA  92110-2492</font></div><div><font size="1">Phone:  (619) 260-2365 | <a href="mailto:lauraturner@sandiego.edu" target="_blank" style="">lauraturner@sandiego.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>