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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; color: black;">The Digital POWRR team invites applications for the first of five upcoming in-person, 2.5 day digital preservation training institutes. The first Institute
will be held July 24-26, 2023 at the NIU Naperville Conference Center in Naperville, Illinois. Due to the generosity of the </span><a href="https://www.neh.gov/" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="https://www.neh.gov/" shash="MkC0dp/XutLBNj+49Py8VnRDvz7yaYrdiiQ4UcTkRTN4Nk8pkper6SK23s7U4FyI1MKKSC/8ZyaxSLtilDgYS6kyTVu/iq/cu6dDhTFOHdX0Lz/QIDzWr1yRBmuLpH3iIBZtH3xB5fSzigzkvBy3e4L0fqxBSWNUgSfhk8bJvHI=" title="https://www.neh.gov/" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">National
Endowment for the Humanities</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; color: black;">, the Institutes are offered free of charge and travel stipends are available!</span><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">An ideal candidate for a POWRR institute fits some of these descriptions:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">·<span style="font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">Someone
who works directly with collections, including digital materials.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">·<span style="font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">Someone
who has been exposed to basic digital preservation concepts, but struggles with moving from theory to practice.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">·<span style="font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">Someone
who represents or serves historically underrepresented populations.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">·<span style="font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">Someone
who is comfortable with basic technology (navigating a basic computing environment) but would benefit from instruction on more intermediate concepts.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">·<span style="font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">Someone
employed by an institution unable to provide professional development funding adequate to attend other digital preservation training opportunities.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">·<span style="font-stretch:normal; font-size:7pt; line-height:normal; font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(44, 43, 43);">Someone
who would benefit from being a part of a small cohort of professionals like themselves, and who will put forth effort into sustaining these professional connections after the end of the Institute.</span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">For more details on the POWRR Institutes, please visit the following page:</span><a href="http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/institutes/" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/institutes/" shash="FAfz/uEjMynr+jak2OALk/RmFA77iwgLqGZ+x4StfUPdIlX57pD5vZNb+438zKSZ0khiQbHzp6xvcxfMgAhsiHEauPG2ngQ6fITH1Q18BTE8HNk3V1phd//tr8DBP95wO9gEv3Yrtahxv6s1GBT0RjVq6OWwi/LQRw1sWPXsBkQ=" title="http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/institutes/" style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/upcoming-events/" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="https://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/upcoming-events/" shash="ZYyjCAWwCTRVhzxxoP51rdvW9tyldSjgJ62k0MPkQ2pFkGmJjIAFD/MF1IV3VaMKCZkrXWr58kEx+jSpuEKdXwnRT87viT9DXceQ4TQcfWzKjZyPFQCk9dK/la1UbmGisX9kSxoR1omq3CD2YKDgdd/aGZXzjXp4iEVaj+PGJHE=" title="https://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/upcoming-events/" style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">https://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/upcoming-events/</a></span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Apply here: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/nDNF23zx1vSvVeTW9" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="https://forms.gle/nDNF23zx1vSvVeTW9" shash="HUOfbm9qp0SP2TkkjrLRd/vb8ExKlvF9+Fjjl/l8QfpWbEnbM744XQXsQwZqHp9D26s6zwWYGC2RiJqaSYIvj0IvgIvl4Sxd/QciNF34nuSj2Z4bsSoGAdWtmlnSoHlP6xiAeoQTuCWxLSJN2uDMmG8LBeuplCv6g0TxSOLr5Pc=" title="https://forms.gle/nDNF23zx1vSvVeTW9" style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://forms.gle/nDNF23zx1vSvVeTW9</span></a></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Questions? Unable to apply via the Google Form link? Please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:digital.powrr.workshops@gmail.com" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="mailto:digital.powrr.workshops@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line: underline; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">digital.powrr.workshops@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black;"> for
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<span style="color: black;">Application deadline: May 19, 2023</span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Applicants will be notified of application status by June 2, 2023.</span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">The Digital POWRR Team</span></p>
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