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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Mid Michigan Digital Practitioners Meeting: Call for Proposals</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">October 19-20, 2017</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Library of Michigan, Lansing, MI</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners invite you to submit a session proposal for the next MMDP meeting, October 19-20, 2017 in Lansing, MI. The two-day event is sponsored by the Library of Michigan
and the Michigan Archival Association. As always, registration for all participants is free. If you create, manage, or transform digital collections in Michigan, we want to hear from you!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Proposals</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">The MMDP Planning Group invites proposals for workshops (October 19) and conference sessions (October 20). We welcome proposals from anyone, and are particularly interested in proposals from smaller
institutions and students.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Session Types</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Workshops or User Groups: Interactive sessions with a practical component; 1-3 hrs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Panels: 3 or more presenters, 40 minutes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Presentations: 1-2 presenters, 20 minutes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Lightning talks & demonstrations: 7 minutes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Posters: One poster session during a networking break on October 20</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Discussion Groups: Facilitate a 30 minute discussion session on a digital collections topic</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Suggested Topics</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Metadata, cataloging, and description</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Outreach for digital collections</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Project management and communication tools</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Tools and processes you use to get things done (hacks and creative solutions welcome!)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Unique digital challenges: storage, security, formats</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Send us your proposals!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">To submit a proposal, please complete the
<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/uvlBqRTsa5PSlaYL2">proposal form</a>. We will adjust our agenda to fit the submitted proposals or suggest changes to the presenters. If you have any questions, please send us an email.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Timeline</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Deadline to submit proposals: August 1, 2017</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">● Notification of acceptance: August 14, 2017</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Details about the October event will be posted at our website,
<a href="http://midmichdp.wordpress.com/">http://midmichdp.wordpress.com/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ed Busch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Electronic Records Archivist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MSU Archives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conrad Hall, Room 101<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">888 Wilson Road<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">East Lansing, MI 48824<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">517-884-6438<o:p></o:p></p>
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