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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Why not stop in a bit early and start learning more about digital collections, and how you can get more support to move materials online!</b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">The WMU Libraries, in partnership with the Library of Michigan, the Michigan Service Hub (DPLA), and the Michigan Digital Preservation Network, invites you to join a workshop on May
15th, from 3-5PM at the </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><a href="https://wmich.edu/library/visit/zhang" target="_blank" id="OWA193a884b-d7b7-059f-1ac5-9554f2df9b75" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://wmich.edu/library/visit/zhang. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" shash="fTfhshMs3PjByRxEjLt1vu3rQv7Ger4OZw7Hhd+sKk5NSja262wVrpzKvlM3G16B1nW9p7ZF8/XjoFIxxS7W7Q27iofQN449QbQoyUL+9fQS5rZwgyWs/KsOl7Q2SNTWoi+rh6LvUzmuFDqIAkFDkJlPQ2FF+LfXPYztjYBPSGw=" originalsrc="https://wmich.edu/library/visit/zhang" data-auth="Verified" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="0" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">Zhang
Legacy Collections Center</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> on WMU's campus. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Hear a lively presentation designed to help you better share your digital collections, learn about new digital collections tools, and hear from our statewide experts how you can take
advantage of statewide programs and support. Presenters will walk attendees through available project planning tools, workflows, and software for getting collections from physical items on a shelf to accessible and protected digital assets. Gain a better understanding
of what services are available to assist in your project, and how to make collections more discoverable and sustainable in partnership. Hear from WMU how they have utilized these services, and some examples of how leveraging expertise can advance digital initiatives. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; background-color: white;"><b>The event is FREE but registration is required</b>:
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The event is within walking distance of the MiALA mixer held on Friday night, and has easily accessible parking. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Agenda:</b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Introductions and Welcome </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Digitization - Library of Michigan - updates, tools, and statewide support </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Accessing our digital heritage - Michigan Service Hub (DPLA) - sharing your collections with a wider audience </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Digital Preservation - Michigan Digital Preservation Network - preserving collections for the future </span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">From the field - WMU Libraries - how we use support to engage with our community </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Speakers:</b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Chelsea Denault </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Michigan Digital Preservation Network Coordinator, MCLS </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Dr. Chelsea Denault is the Coordinator of the Michigan Digital Preservation Network, where she works with statewide and national partners to build a shared digital preservation platform
for organizations across Michigan. Before joining the MDPN, she spent a decade in the Public History field, serving in various roles at the Newberry Library, The Henry Ford, the Nantucket Historical Association, the Urban History Association, the Archdiocese
of Chicago Archives & Records Center, and Landmarks Illinois. Chelsea earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History and M.A. in Public History from Loyola University Chicago, and is also an alumna of Albion College. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Richard Adler </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Coordinator, Michigan Service Hub </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Richard Adler is the coordinator of the Michigan Service Hub working with cultural institutions in Michigan to help them share digital collections with the Digital Public Library of
America and the state portal Michigan Memories. Before that he was project manager for the CRMS-World project which evaluated the copyright of works in HathiTrust. Prior to his work at the University of Michigan he was an electronic records archivist at MSU
and for ten years a book buyer at Borders Inc. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Biz Gallo </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator, Library of Michigan </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Biz Gallo is the Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator at the Library of Michigan. After spending the past eight years helping cultural heritage institutions across the country
preserve their audiovisual collections through archival reformatting, she transitioned to state government in order to support libraries and cultural heritage organizations in Michigan create, provide access to, and preserve digital collections. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Paul Gallagher </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Associate Dean for Resources and Digital Strategies, Western Michigan University Libraries </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Paul Gallagher is the associate dean for resources and digital strategies with the Western Michigan University Libraries. He has over twenty-five years working in technology, and over
fifteen years serving large academic libraries. Paul is the administrative lead for the libraries collections, technology, and research support teams, co-chair of the faculty, and serves in numerous roles both on and off the campus to support teaching, learning
and research. </span></p>
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