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<div style="direction: ltr;">Hello, digital stewardship colleagues:</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">The Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference is taking place in St. Paul, MN next May, and the call for proposals is currently open. This is a friendly and supportive conference for folks working with digital collections of
all shapes and sizes.<br>
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>From the <a href="https://minitex.umn.edu/events/conference/2025-05/upper-midwest-digital-collections-conference-and-minnesota-digital" id="OWA22714481-f78f-7b48-7de4-9b7ad635dae2" class="OWAAutoLink" shash="dt/Skh+x8C5UGf8uIKVNz9XnC+u9vpScCyr+97wFa3AkgyTPLyyKV+OVom7Fjb8h3IXJJwmYNdROY2AN5bFofhMm3hfg87/mU67RbSHxSS58hyrvgBXwoQ9L1DosTN1X7oz5stEnOcoDS4UHjl179++9VGvNV3B17+ytGqw2MFg=" originalsrc="https://minitex.umn.edu/events/conference/2025-05/upper-midwest-digital-collections-conference-and-minnesota-digital" data-auth="Verified">
call for proposals</a>: "In your work, what have you learned along the way? What would you share with other practitioners if they were to do a similar project? Have you recently completed a project or are you planning a new one? Whether you're fine-tuning
existing collections or embarking on new initiatives, come join us to discuss the future of digital collections work together." <br>
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<b>Suggested Topics</b></div>
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<li style="direction: ltr;">Inclusive metadata projects (e.g. traditional knowledge labels and notices) and other DEIA practices in digital collections</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Digital genealogy work</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Growth and management of audiovisual collections</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Artificial intelligence in digital collections work</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Working with community-centered collections/archives</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) issues and initiatives</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Initiatives in digital cultural heritage storytelling</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Re-evaluating/auditing digital collections (remediation projects and other best practices for reviewing content)</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Open source digital content management systems/migrating to new systems</li><li style="direction: ltr;">America 250 initiatives</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Crowdsourcing digital projects</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Changing landscape for national and other large-scale digital collections</li><li style="direction: ltr;">Future directions in digital collections work</li></ul>
<div style="direction: ltr;">Please consider submitting a proposal on any of your digital collections initiatives you think would be of benefit to your colleagues!</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Thanks,</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;">Kristen</div>
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