Feel free to share with your networks! Do you have digital local history collections but they aren't being discovered by users? Do you get stumped trying to come up with a meaningful title for photographs in your collection? Do you wonder which controlled vocabulary to use for names, places, or materials? Then join Marianne Swierenga, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at Western Michigan University Libraries, for this upcoming webinar on the fundamentals of describing unique collections! How to Pick Your Particulars: Descriptive Metadata for Digital Collections When: Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET What: Increase discoverability of and access to your unique digital collections by learning the basics of descriptive metadata. Register: https://libraryofmichigan.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/event.jsp?event=3940& Registration is also open for an upcoming webinar from ALA Core: Metadata in Shared Digital Libraries When: Monday, March 4th at 11:00 EST What: Three presentations on metadata in shared digital libraries. Registration: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n5QWHix9S1iI0Z367iIHLw#/regis... Webinars are free but registration is required. This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library of Michigan. 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/>.