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SUMMARY:2023 Equity Summit: In Pursuit of Equity: Book-Banning and Censorship
DESCRIPTION:Book bans in schools and libraries are on the rise. Last school year\, more than 850 individual titles were impacted by censorship efforts of local groups and state decision-makers. How can educators and students navigate censorship in their communities? \nNational Council for History Education (NCHE) and National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) are uniting for a fourth virtual Equity Summit\, in support of our history and social studies educators and students\, with a focus on book-banning and censorship. Join us for a day of virtual learning\, featuring classroom teachers\, media specialists\, and education organizations\, including a keynote by Dr. Yohuru Williams\, Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. \nThe event is free\, but registration is required. Educators from all levels are welcome to attend. \nRegister here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/2023-equity-summit-in-pursuit-of-equity-book-banning-and-censorship/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231005T120000
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SUMMARY:Collaborating for Access: Librarians and Independent Publishers
DESCRIPTION:What do librarians REALLY want from publishers\, and how can smaller and independent publishers create a better ecosystem? In our sixth Collaborating for Access webinar\, COSLA\, DPLA\, and ReadersFirst are partnering with the Independent Publisher Caucus\, to bring together librarians and smaller and independent publishers to explore how they can work together to provide greater access for patrons. Topics will include: Opportunities for independent publishers in the library market; licensing options that are most attractive to libraries; and ways that libraries and independent publishers can work together to mutual benefit. \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/collaborating-for-access-librarians-and-independent-publishers/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230928T110000
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SUMMARY:DPLA Coffee Chat: Recollection Wisconsin Funding Success
DESCRIPTION:Join DPLA for an enlightening lunch event as we discuss the successful collaboration between DPLA Service Hub member Recollection Wisconsin and EveryLibrary in their recent legislative advocacy efforts. Discover how these two organizations strategically united their efforts to advocate for and secure crucial state funding. We’ll discuss tactics\, successes\, and opportunities for improvement\, and where Recollection Wisconsin hopes to go next with this foundational funding source. \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-coffee-chat-recollection-wisconsin-funding-success/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230927
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SUMMARY:CFP: National Council for History Education 2024
DESCRIPTION:NCHE Call for Proposals\, Due by September 25\, 2023\nHistory at the Crossroads\nMarch 7-9\, 2024\, Cleveland\, OH\nHistory educators work at the juncture of past and future\, building the historical skills and knowledge that will equip young people to engage fully in the world they inherit. History teachers also work at the nexus of education\, policy\, and politics\, a crossroads that has become increasingly challenging since 2020. At the same time\, history education offers the promise of meeting the challenges of our times with informed historical practice and responsive pedagogies. By cultivating History’s Habits of Mind\, teachers can support students’ understanding of the historical roots that shape their lives. Together\, the content and skills taught in history classrooms prepare students to engage constructively with the challenges of the future. \nNCHE invites proposals for its 2024 conference in Cleveland that explore the multifocal ways that history educators can leverage the power of history at the crossroads in their own classrooms. Proposals may explore one or more of the following themes. \n\nPower and representation\nIndividualism and the common good\nFree speech and digital media\nAbsent narratives and underrepresented histories\nHistory as a foundation for civic education\nThe role of history in a time of public debate\nInnovating with technology in history classrooms\n\nSessions may focus on local\, regional\, national\, or world history for elementary\, middle\, high school\, and college classrooms. NCHE encourages submissions that offer rich historical content\, innovative pedagogical strategies\, and that foster inquiry and critical thinking. \nBreakout Session:  These teacher workshops are typically interactive “how to” sessions designed for the K-12 educator and are 50 minutes in length. \nMini Session: Mini Session topics range from teaching ideas to research reports. Presenters have 15 minutes to present information and answer questions. Each mini session typically includes three separate 15-minute presentations in the same room within a 50-minute time period. \nPoster Session: Poster Session topics range from teaching ideas to research reports. Poster presenters display their information visually (ex. poster/display board) and interact with interested attendees during the 30-minute session. Presenters remain with their posters. The poster session period may include 8-15 simultaneous presenters.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/cfp-national-council-for-history-education-2024/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230913T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230913T130000
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SUMMARY:Utah Historical Society Perspectives Speaker Series: USU Outdoor Recreation Archive
DESCRIPTION:Join Utah Historical Society for a look into MWDL member Utah State University’s Outdoor Recreation Archive. The next virtual Perspectives Speaker Series is Wednesday\, September 13 at Noon. Register here! \nWe are excited to learn more about Utah State University’s Outdoor Recreation Archive from Clint Pumphrey\, manuscript curator and co-unit head at Utah State University’s Special Collections and Archives. Clint will virtually take attendees into this collection and share how the university is preserving the history of outdoor recreation. \nThis opportunity is free and open to the public. Please forward this information on to those who may be interested. \nRegister here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/utah-historical-society-perspectives-speaker-series-usu-outdoor-recreation-archive/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230907T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230907T133000
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SUMMARY:MWDL @ UU Fall Fest
DESCRIPTION:Will you be at University of Utah on Thursday\, September 7? If so\, stop by Marriott Library and say hi! We’ll be tabling at the annual Fall Fest (formerly Hooplaza) to talk to new and returning students alike about the services MWDL offers. You can find us in the Level 3 Atrium from 10:30AM-1:30PM! \n 
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/mwdl-uu-fall-fest/
LOCATION:University of Utah\, J. Willard Marriott Library\, 295 1500 E\, Salt Lake City\, UT\, 84112\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230814T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230814T140000
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SUMMARY:DLF AIG Cost Assessment Working Group Discussion - Digitization Vendors
DESCRIPTION:Please join the DLF AIG Cost Assessment Working Group for a discussion session on digitization vendors. We will be discussing the results of the recent Vendor Registry subgroup’s survey on digitization vendors\, followed by breakout sessions focused on experiences with digitization equipment vendors\, still image digitization service providers\, and audiovisual digitization service providers. Whether you’re about to start your first digitization project or have years of working with digitization vendors under your belt we invite you to come share your knowledge and learn from the experience of others! \nWe welcome representatives from vendor organizations to attend but request that your attendance be limited to the general discussion sessions and vendor breakout room to encourage free and open discussion. A vendor breakout room will provide an opportunity for vendors and attendees to connect\, ask/answer any questions\, and discuss working relationships.  This breakout room will not be a forum for any sales pitches. \nThis session will not be recorded but a summary of the discussions will be released.. Please register for this discussion so we can gather information to help guide the discussion and provide login information: https://forms.gle/6MbpN7p9WeG6wrUC9. \nAbout the DLG AIG Cost Assessment Working Group: \nA subgroup of the Assessment Interest Group\, the Cost Working group is an ideal place for digital lab practitioners and managerial staff alike to come together to talk about practical ways to assess the resources necessary to plan and execute successful digitization projects. \nThe AIG Cost Group focuses on identifying tools that may serve a wide range of digitization efforts. Our current goal is to analyze the data collected through multiple small surveys in 2021 and 2022 and use it to inform new initiatives. \nBeyond the surveys\, we continue to support the project subgroups that developed from members’ shared interests and work on various resources and issues. The current subgroups are insourcing vs. outsourcing\, a registry for vendors\, assessing scans per linear feet\, best practices\, and cost estimation. \nIf you have any questions\, please feel free to reach out to the group chairs: Rachel Senese (rsenese@gsu.edu) or Julia Simic (Jsimic@uoregon.edu).
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dlf-aig-cost-assessment-working-group-discussion-digitization-vendors/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230808T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230808T120000
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SUMMARY:DPLA: Introducing the Banned Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join DPLA on Tuesday\, August 8\, at 11AM MT/10AM PT for the first in a series of events they’re planning around the launch of The Banned Book Club. \nWe’ll talk about the development of the project and its roots in our mission of free access to knowledge; hear more about the most frequently targeted content from our colleagues at PEN America and EveryLibrary and from librarians about how projects like this can be utilized to ensure readers can access the books they want to read. \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-introducing-the-banned-book-club/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230803T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230803T193000
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SUMMARY:Recipe Scan and Share Event with PBS Utah
DESCRIPTION:Utah Division of State History are excited to partner with PBS Utah and their event\, “A Conversation With Bridget Lancaster\,” to host a special Scan-and-Share. \n\nDo you have an iconic recipe that has been part of your family for generations? This Scan-and-Share is centered around recipes and photos related to food –think cooking\, images of families eating around dinner tables\, etc.\n\nBring your favorite recipe and food-related photo to have scanned\, preserved\, and shared on our Peoples of Utah Revisited ONLINE COLLECTION. Members of UDSH staff will engage with you to learn more about your recipes and photos. Questions you may be asked include: What year was the recipe written/photo taken? Who does the recipe/photo belong to? Why is this recipe/photo significant? Items will then be scanned\, digital copies will be made\, and the originals will be returned to you. \n\nEvent Details: \n“A Conversation With Bridget Lancaster”\nThursday\, August 3\nScan-And-Share at 5 p.m.\, Q&A at 6 p.m.\nViridian Event Center – 8030 S 1825 W\, West Jordan\, UTFrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.\, meet Bridget Lancaster from America’s Test Kitchen and learn more about her experiences on the show and her favorite recipes. She’ll join PBS Utah’s Laura Durham for a conversation and a Q&A with the audience. \n\n\nThis event is free to the public\, but seating is limited. Please RSVP by August 2 to Jessica Rasekhi at JRASEKHI@PBSUTAH.ORG to secure your spot.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/recipe-scan-and-share-event-with-pbs-utah/
LOCATION:Viridian Event Center – 8030 S 1825 W\, West Jordan\, UT\, Viridian Event Center - 8030 S 1825 W\, West Jordan\, UT\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230731
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SUMMARY:EXTENDED CFP: 2024 National Council on Public History/Utah Division of State History Conference
DESCRIPTION:CALLS FOR PROPOSALS \nThe National Council on Public History and Utah Division of State History/Utah Historical Society jointly seek proposals for their 2024 annual meeting\, to be held April 10-13\, 2024 at the Hilton Salt Lake City. The conference theme will be Historical Urgency. \nSUBMISSION FORMS \nSubmit an optional early topic proposal for feedback and to find co-presenters (due June 12):\nhttps://ncph.org/conference/topic-proposal-form/ \nFor final proposals (due July 29):\nSession proposal submission: https://ncph.org/conference/session-proposal-form/ \nWorking group proposal submission: https://ncph.org/conference/working-group-proposal-form/\nWorkshop proposal submission: https://ncph.org/conference/workshop-proposal-form/
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/cfp-2024-national-council-on-public-history-utah-division-of-state-history-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230724T110000
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SUMMARY:DPLA Book Talk: Recoding America\, with Jennifer Pahlka
DESCRIPTION:On July 24\, 2023\, at 11a MT/10a PT\, DPLA will host author Jennifer Pahlka to talk about her important new book\, Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better.\n______________________ \nA bold call to reexamine how our government operates—and sometimes fails to—from President Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America. \nJust when we most need our government to work—to decarbonize our infrastructure and economy\, to help the vulnerable through a pandemic\, to defend ourselves against global threats—it is faltering. Government at all levels has limped into the digital age\, offering online services that can feel even more cumbersome than the paperwork that preceded them and widening the gap between the policy outcomes we intend and what we get. \nBut it’s not more money or more tech we need. Government is hamstrung by a rigid\, industrial-era culture\, in which elites dictate policy from on high\, disconnected from and too often disdainful of the details of implementation. Lofty goals morph unrecognizably as they cascade through a complex hierarchy. But there is an approach taking hold that keeps pace with today’s world and reclaims government for the people it is supposed to serve. Jennifer Pahlka shows why we must stop trying to move the government we have today onto new technology and instead consider what it would mean to truly recode American government. \nLearn more about Jennifer Pahlka’s work at recodingamerica.us. \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-book-talk-recoding-america-with-jennifer-pahlka/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230718T110000
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SUMMARY:DPLA Network Coffee Chat: The Living Archives
DESCRIPTION:We are honored to partner with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library on the Living Archives project\, which shares stories of Black\, Hispanic\, Asian and Indigenous residents as they navigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers will include Martha Yesowitch\, Debbie Rubenstein\, and Sarah Gherghel. They will share about the importance of collaboration\, partnership\, community engagement\, and trauma-informed approaches to gathering and preserving stories centered around the COVID-19 pandemic. Come and join us for coffee chat to hear all about the Living Archives project! \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-network-coffee-chat-the-living-archives/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230710T120000
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SUMMARY:DPLA Open Board + Community Meeting
DESCRIPTION:DPLA invites everyone to join their next Open Board + Community Meeting for an update on current work and a preview of upcoming projects\, with Executive Director John Bracken\, DPLA Board Chair Felton Thomas\, and the DPLA Board of Directors. \nRegister here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-open-board-community-meeting/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230715
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SUMMARY:2023 LD4 Conference on Linked Data
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn concrete ways that linked data benefits GLAM institutions\, and discover pathways to participation in linked data. Whether you have already implemented linked data in your work or are just getting started\, you will leave with a better understanding of what linked data is\, how it can be used\, and what you can do to get started or continue to incorporate linked data in your institutions or projects. By bringing together a broad range of perspectives\, and centering diversity\, equity\, inclusion\, and ethics in our discussions\, we will create a community of practice for linked data in libraries.  \nThe LD4 conference is part of a wider LD4 Community\, which includes a website (ld4.io)\, a Slack Workspace\, and several open affinity groups. Join the LD4 Slack workspace where you’ll find channels for affinity groups on topics like discovery (#discovery)\, ethics in linked data (#ethicsld)\, and Wikidata (#wikidata). \nThe language of the conference is English. \nRegistration to open in June.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/2023-ld4-conference-on-linked-data/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230625
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SUMMARY:DPLA at ALA: Open Board + Community Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 24\, at 4p CT\nMcCormick Place\, W179a\, ALA Annual Conference – Chicago\nAs Digital Public Library of America approaches its 10th anniversary\, join executive director John Bracken\, DPLA board chair Felton Thomas and the DPLA Board of Directors for an Open Board + Community Meeting. The meeting will include updates on DPLA’s major projects\, including our national Hubs network\, our Wikimedia work expanding access to and discoverability of cultural heritage collections\, and our efforts to build flexible ebook licensing models through Palace Marketplace\, part of The Palace Project\, as well as a look ahead at how DPLA is preparing to meet the challenges of the next 10 years.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-at-ala-open-board-community-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230615T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230615T120000
DTSTAMP:20260524T235524
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SUMMARY:DPLA Network Coffee Chat: Collaboration\, Community and Digital Equity
DESCRIPTION:In this DPLA Network Coffee Chat\, we’ll hear from representatives from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries about their archival collection\, The Milwaukee Women’s Art Library\, and their collaboration on a new community ambassador position to help bridge the gap between institutional support and grassroots community-led collection-building. This is one of the first projects to be supported by DPLA’s Digital Equity Project. Speakers will include Celeste Contreras\, Ann Hanlon\, and Derek Webb. DPLA Network Coffee Chats are opportunities to engage in casual conversation on topics of interest to our network; they are held meeting style instead of webinar style to encourage participation and sharing. \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-network-coffee-chat-collaboration-community-and-digital-equity/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230605T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230605T120000
DTSTAMP:20260524T235524
CREATED:20230522T161552Z
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SUMMARY:DPLA Book Talk: Burning the Books\, with author Richard Ovenden
DESCRIPTION:Join us on June 5 at 1p ET for a book talk with author Richard Ovenden\, director of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford\, about his book\, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. \nPlease register here. \nThe director of the famed Bodleian Libraries at Oxford narrates the global history of the willful destruction―and surprising survival―of recorded knowledge over the past three millennia. \nLibraries and archives have been attacked since ancient times but have been especially threatened in the modern era. Today the knowledge they safeguard faces purposeful destruction and willful neglect; deprived of funding\, libraries are fighting for their very existence. Burning the Books recounts the history that brought us to this point. \nRichard Ovenden describes the deliberate destruction of knowledge held in libraries and archives from ancient Alexandria to contemporary Sarajevo\, from smashed Assyrian tablets in Iraq to the destroyed immigration documents of the UK Windrush generation. He examines both the motivations for these acts―political\, religious\, and cultural―and the broader themes that shape this history. He also looks at attempts to prevent and mitigate attacks on knowledge\, exploring the efforts of librarians and archivists to preserve information\, often risking their own lives in the process. \nMore than simply repositories for knowledge\, libraries and archives inspire and inform citizens. In preserving notions of statehood recorded in such historical documents as the Declaration of Independence\, libraries support the state itself. By preserving records of citizenship and records of the rights of citizens as enshrined in legal documents such as the Magna Carta and the decisions of the US Supreme Court\, they support the rule of law. In Burning the Books\, Ovenden takes a polemical stance on the social and political importance of the conservation and protection of knowledge\, challenging governments in particular\, but also society as a whole\, to improve public policy and funding for these essential institutions.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-book-talk-burning-the-books-with-author-richard-ovenden/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230516T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230516T153000
DTSTAMP:20260524T235524
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SUMMARY:MWDL Governing Body Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MWDL’s Governing Body will hold its semi-annual meeting on Tuesday\, May 16.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/mwdl-governing-body-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230515T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230515T120000
DTSTAMP:20260524T235524
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SUMMARY:DPLA Coffee Chat: Rights Here\, Rights Now
DESCRIPTION:The DPLA Outreach and Assessment Working Group invites all network members to attend this casual “coffee chat” conversation with copyright experts about how to get your collections ready for DPLA. Bring all your questions and concerns around copyright! We will have themed breakout rooms with each copyright expert to talk through your complicated digital items. Topics will include: reassessing complicated rights cases; mixed/unknown rights issues; thorny copyright issues (ethical\, etc.); and dealing with challenges and developing processes/plans of actions (takedown policies/requests). There will also be an opportunity for attendees to bring their ideas for issues to discuss. DPLA Network Coffee Chats are held “meeting style” rather than “webinar style” to encourage casual conversation and sharing. Our experts will include: Greg Cram (New York Public Library)\, Gabe Galson (Temple University)\, Cindy Kristof (Kent State University) and Nancy Sims (University of Minnesota). \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-coffee-chat-rights/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230504T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230504T140000
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SUMMARY:DPLA Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:DPLA Network members are invited to attend this Town Hall Meeting for a conversation about DPLA’s upcoming work. \nPlease note this meeting will replace the previously scheduled DPLA Advisory Council Meeting at the same time. \nPlease register here.
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/dpla-town-hall/
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SUMMARY:Meeting - Spring 2021
DESCRIPTION:Summary:\nMountain West Digital Library hosted an all-hubs meeting virtually via Zoom on Tuesday\, April 6\, 2021. We heard updates from MWDL staff\, taskforces\, and members on local activities. The meeting concluded with a panel discussion on how MWDL libraries and archives continue to adapt work during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. \nThe meeting was not recorded\, but the slide deck can be viewed online. \n\nMWDL-Spring-Hubs-Meeting-Agenda
URL:https://mwdl.org/event/meeting-spring-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom
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