Apply NOW to the Digital POWRR Digital Preservation Professional Development Institute! (Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute widely!) The Digital POWRR team invites applications for the fourth of five upcoming in-person, 2.5 day digital preservation training institutes. The fourth Institute will be held October 16-18th at the Thomas Hale Hamilton Library<https://manoa.hawaii.edu/library/> on the campus of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa<https://manoa.hawaii.edu/> in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Due to the generosity of the National Endowment for the Humanities<https://www.neh.gov/>, our Institutes have no registration fees, and travel stipends are available for those with financial needs. Although anyone is eligible to apply, we especially invite and welcome applications from residents of Hawai’i and the U.S. Pacific Territories. An ideal candidate for a POWRR institute fits some of these descriptions: · Someone who works directly with collections, including digital materials · Someone who has been exposed to basic digital preservation concepts, but struggles with moving from theory to practice · Someone starting up a digital preservation program · Someone who represents or serves historically underrepresented populations · Someone employed by an institution unable to provide professional development funding adequate to attend other digital preservation training opportunities · Someone who would benefit from being a part of a small cohort of professionals like themselves, and who will put forth effort into sustaining these professional connections after the end of the Institute For more details on the POWRR Institutes, please visit the following page: https://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/upcoming-events/ Apply here: https://forms.gle/nb49w5BiiHedL4mr7 Questions? Unable to apply via the Google Form link? Please contact us at digital.powrr.workshops@gmail.com<mailto:digital.powrr.workshops@gmail.com> for more information or further assistance. Application deadline: June 17, 2024 Applicants will be notified of application status by July 22, 2024 ​​Cordially, The Digital POWRR Team Biz Gallo Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915 GalloB@michigan.gov<mailto:GalloB@michigan.gov> | mi.gov/LMdigitization<http://mi.gov/LMdigitization> | 517-335-1402 she/her/hers [Michigan.gov/Vote logo Description automatically generated]<https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/> Get personalized voter information on early voting and other topics at Michigan.gov/Vote<https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/>.