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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAe6dbc134-72a2-0a45-6150-e1d409b54d38" href="https://midmichdp.wordpress.com/">Mid-Michigan
Digital Practitioners</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (MMDP) will come together for an in-person meeting on
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Thursday, November 20, 2025</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, at the Library of Michigan in Lansing. </span></div>
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As with all MMDP meetings, we will bring together a wide range of professionals and students engaged in creating and curating digital collections in Michigan and the surrounding region, including librarians, archivists, museum curators, historians, students,
educators, and more. The goal of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for the MMDP community to share knowledge and make connections. New attendees are always welcome!</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Submit Your Proposals for the 2025 MMDP Meeting</span></div>
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The MMDP Planning Group invites you to submit your proposal for our November meeting. Proposals will be accepted for sessions in the following lengths and formats:</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Presentation:</span> A single topic or project presented by up to three (3) presenters. Presentations will be slotted into either 30, 45, or 60-minute sessions, including time for Q&A. (30-60 minutes)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">“Birds-of-a-Feather” Break-out Discussion Topics</span>: Open sessions for discussion around a particular topic or theme. This session provides an opportunity to begin or get feedback on in-progress projects, collaborate on addressing
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Demonstrations</span>: Guided training sessions on a specific tool, technique, workflow, or concept. (10 minutes)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Lightning Talks</span>: High-energy talks on any topic held in succession in a single session. (5 minutes)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Poster</span>: Present research or project findings summarized using brief written statements and graphic materials, such as photographs, charts, graphs, and/or diagrams mounted on poster board. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Panel:</span> A discussion of up to three (3) presenters on a unified topic, plus a moderator. Panels will be slotted into 60-minute sessions, leaving a minimum of 15 minutes for Q&A and discussion at the end of each session.
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This is a great opportunity to reuse a poster shared at another conference! We welcome proposals from anyone, but are particularly interested in proposals from smaller institutions and students. For Presentations, Demonstrations, and Lightning Talks, we invite
presenters to join us in-person or via a pre-recorded video. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate live-streamed presentations.</div>
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As always, we welcome proposals for demos, talks, or posters on a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to): </div>
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Artificial Intelligence</div>
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Collaboration</div>
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Community Archiving</div>
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Digital Collections Stewardship</div>
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Diversity and Inclusion</div>
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Digital Humanities</div>
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Outreach</div>
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Standards, Tools, and Formats</div>
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Web Archiving</div>
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To submit a proposal, please complete the form<span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span>
with your idea: <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAc60bfbc0-9440-d2e5-0cd9-72f345858a59" href="https://tinyurl.com/MMDP2025-Proposals">https://tinyurl.com/MMDP2025-Proposals</a></u></span>.
If you have any questions, please send us an e-mail (midmichdp@gmail.com).</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Proposal Evaluation</span></div>
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The Planning Group will review the proposals and come up with a program for the MMDP meeting. </div>
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Please submit proposals by <span style="font-weight: 700;">Tuesday, September 30</span> for the MMDP Meeting on November 20. Individuals with proposals chosen for inclusion in the Fall MMDP Meeting will be notified by the end of business on October 14.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Registration</span></div>
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As with all MMDP events, attendance is free but registration is required. To register, please complete the registration form:
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We look forward to seeing you at the Library of Michigan this fall!</div>
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