<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Please excuse cross-posting!</span><br></div><div dir="ltr">

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ai4libraries.org/__;!!OToaGQ!utNk9JmYrFx30Ctam6L-8gziVN7cqxHQst9L_0sqPW-Ki0itGqgjP8mcYLJME0cS7EJHpBP2Gr2TS1l53yf5J46W2yDboVs$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ai4libraries.org/__;!!OToaGQ!utNk9JmYrFx30Ctam6L-8gziVN7cqxHQst9L_0sqPW-Ki0itGqgjP8mcYLJME0cS7EJHpBP2Gr2TS1l53yf5J46W2yDboVs$" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">ai4Libraries</span></a><span> </span>is now accepting proposals for the
second-year conference. The conference is a free, virtual event that is
scheduled to take place on October 23, 2024 (time to be
determined). Please note that the registration limited to 500 attendees
this year.<span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">We are accepting proposals for the
following session types: </span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">Lightning
     Talk (10 minutes, includes Q&A)</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">Presentation
     or Library Project Demo (20 Minutes, includes Q&A)</span></li>
</ul>

<p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"> </span></p>

<p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">We are particularly interested in learning more about your AI
projects with:</span></p>

<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Technical Services,
     including cataloging</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Electronic resource workflow</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Collection development and assessment</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Licensing workflows</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Archives projects</li>
</ul>

<p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Submit your proposal here:<span> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/bit.ly/4caBLax__;!!OToaGQ!utNk9JmYrFx30Ctam6L-8gziVN7cqxHQst9L_0sqPW-Ki0itGqgjP8mcYLJME0cS7EJHpBP2Gr2TS1l53yf5J46W85vbnC8$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/bit.ly/4caBLax__;!!OToaGQ!utNk9JmYrFx30Ctam6L-8gziVN7cqxHQst9L_0sqPW-Ki0itGqgjP8mcYLJME0cS7EJHpBP2Gr2TS1l53yf5J46W85vbnC8$" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">bit.ly/4caBLax</span></a></span></p>

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Important Dates</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"></span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Submission deadline: Friday, September 2, 2024</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Acceptance notifications: September 16, 2024</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Registration opens: Monday, September 30, 2024</li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Sincerely,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">ai4Libraries
Conference Planning Team</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p></div>
</div></div>