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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Do you have digital local history collections but they aren't being discovered by users? </span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Do you get stumped trying to come up with a meaningful title for photographs in your collection? </span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Do you wonder which controlled vocabulary to use for names, places, or materials? </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Then join Marianne Swierenga, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at Western Michigan University Libraries, for this upcoming webinar on
the fundamentals of describing unique collections! </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>How to Pick Your Particulars: Descriptive Metadata for Digital Collections</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><u>When:</u><b> </b>Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u>What:</u><b> </b>Increase discoverability of and access to your unique digital collections by learning the basics of descriptive metadata.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u>Register:</u><b> </b><a href="https://libraryofmichigan.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/event.jsp?event=3940&" id="OWAe9533ca6-4b80-e1a3-6339-322359418f52" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin: 0px;">https://libraryofmichigan.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/event.jsp?event=3940&</a></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Registration is also open for an upcoming webinar from ALA Core: </span></div>
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<b>Metadata in Shared Digital Libraries</b></div>
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<u>When</u>: Monday, March 4th at 11:00 EST</div>
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<u>What</u>: Three presentations on metadata in shared digital libraries.</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Webinars are free but registration is required.</b> </span></div>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><i>This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library
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