This may be of interest to some of you! Reminder that the Library of Michigan offers a Continuing Education Stipend that could be used to assist with the cost of conference attendance. 

Biz Gallo 

Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator 

Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915
GalloB@michigan.gov | mi.gov/LMdigitization | 517-335-1402

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Registration is now open for the 18th annual Digital Commonwealth virtual conference, which will be held on April 30, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. via Zoom webinar. This year’s theme is “Building Connections: Pixels & People.”

Registration is $10 for students and Digital Commonwealth members and people experiencing personal hardship, $25 for non-members.

Our keynote speaker is K.J. Rawson, founder and director of the Digital Transgender Archive, as well as chair of the editorial board of the Homosaurus. We also have a great line-up of additional presenters still being organized:

  *   The Freedom on the Move team will present about fugitives from slavery and Kentucky’s historical newspaper.
  *   Leather Archive & Museum's Executive Director, Gary Wasdin, will speak about collective community action and fundraising.
  *   Kelley Ewing (Library of Virginia), Kerry Huller (Library of Congress), Stewart Plein (West Virginia University Libraries). Jake Sadow (Boston Public Library) will present about the complexities and process of digitizing newspaper collections.
  *   Eben English from Boston Public Library’s Digital Repository Services will give us an update about the Digital Commonwealth repository.
  *   Digital Commonwealth’s educational fellow, Lara DeRose, will update us on the progress of their fellowship.

…and more to be announced as the schedule is finalized. Join us!

Warmly, on behalf of the Digital Commonwealth Board of Directors,
Chelcie

—
Chelcie Juliet Rowell (she, they)
Associate Head of Digital Collections Discovery
UX and Discovery

chelcie_rowell@harvard.edu
617-495-4561

11 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Lamont Library, A-10

🏛️ on-campus Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
🏡 remote Wednesday and Thursday