<div dir="ltr">** Apologies for cross-posting **<div><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Join NASIG Continuing Education and Equity & Inclusion Committees on April 17^th at 2:00 PM ET for <i>Creating and Implementing an Inclusive Metadata Policy </i>webinar. This webinar is FREE for NASIG members. If you have any questions, email <a href="mailto:cec@nasig.org" title="mailto:cec@nasig.org" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">cec@nasig.org</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Creating and Implementing an Inclusive Metadata Policy</span></b></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Register at</span></b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> <a href="https://nasig.org/event-6089596" title="https://nasig.org/event-6089596" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">https://nasig.org/event-6089596</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Date, time:</span></b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> April 17, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET</span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">DESCRIPTION</span></b></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">The BYU Library developed an Inclusive Metadata Policy for metadata creators to use when creating and remediating descriptions to be more inclusive. Accompanying the policy is a companion document with recommendations and examples, including links to many external resources. In addition to working with stakeholders in the library to develop the policy, we consulted with the University’s Office of Belonging. This presentation will describe the process we used to create the library policy and recommendations document and share information about how the policy has been implemented.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">SPEAKER BIOS</span></b></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Jeremy Myntti</span></b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> is the Associate University Librarian for Metadata and IT at the Brigham Young University Library. He is responsible for the administration of the library’s metadata and information technology objectives, including IT operations, library information systems, software engineering, IT research and development, archival processing, cataloging, metadata, and authorities.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Nicole Lewis</span></b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> is the Metadata Standards Librarian at the Brigham Young University Library. She is responsible for providing leadership and guidance on the development, analysis, and application of metadata schemes, as well as to assess and evaluate metadata/cataloging standards and best practices and implement appropriate changes to improve existing procedures.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">REGISTRATION INFORMATION</span></b></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Registration Deadline for live event: April 17th. This webinar will be recorded and made available to registrants after the webinar is completed. The last date to purchase recording: July 16th. After July 16th the recording will be made freely available.</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sig.org" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">cec@nasig.org</a> if you have any questions.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">CJ Garcia</span></p><p style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">NASIG Social Media Coordinator-in-training</span></p></div></div>