<div dir="ltr"><span id="m_1907635843064884672m_8504365776368210749gmail-docs-internal-guid-aa223de0-7fff-7aaa-3ca6-51f3520135a7"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>***APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS***</b></font></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This year’s 2024 Digital Initiatives Symposium (DIS) at the University of San Diego – celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the DIS – is a full two-day live event with workshops and concurrent sessions on Day 1, and keynote, featured, and invited speakers on Day 2. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The DIS is now accepting proposals for its concurrent sessions, scheduled for the afternoon of </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Monday, April 29, 2024 </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">at the University of San Diego.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We welcome proposals from a wide variety of organizations, including colleges and universities of all sizes, community colleges, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">public libraries, special libraries, museums, and other cultural memory institutions. Concurrent sessions will be </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">40 minutes</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> in length (please allow 10-15 minutes for Q&A) and are limited to 1-2 speakers. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This year we are particularly interested in receiving proposals about: AI, data science, diversity and digital collections, controlled digital lending, collection audits, new OA initiatives, and relevant legislation. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>For full submission information, and to submit a proposal, please go to: </b></span><a href="https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/" target="_blank">https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/</a> and click on <b>Submit Proposal </b>on the left side column. </font></p><br></span><div><span id="m_1907635843064884672m_8504365776368210749gmail-docs-internal-guid-356305e4-7fff-cb2b-8a57-09a6c67e7e72"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Proposal Submission Deadline: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, Dec. 15, 2023</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Questions? Contact </span><a href="mailto:digital@sandiego.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">digital@sandiego.edu</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span></div><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"><b>Laura Turner</b><div><i>Associate Dean of the Library</i></div><div><i>Head of Collections, Access, and Discovery</i></div><div>Helen K. and James S. Copley Library / University of San Diego</div><div>5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA  92110-2492</div><div>Phone:  (619) 260-2365 | <a href="mailto:lauraturner@sandiego.edu" target="_blank">lauraturner@sandiego.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>