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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">Best Practices Exchange 2019: New Digital Directions</span></strong><b><span style="color:#202020"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April 29-May 1</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Columbus, Ohio</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://wordpress.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6d55d94a66a24dfdf3fde7d14&id=6a04a42937&e=deefe045bb" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal"> #BPE2019</span></a></span></strong></span></b><span style="color:#202020"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#202020">The Best Practices Exchange Program and Local Arrangements Committees invite you to join us for the 2019 Conference to be held April 29-May 1 at the<a href="https://wordpress.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6d55d94a66a24dfdf3fde7d14&id=cd09f5dca7&e=deefe045bb"><span style="color:#007C89">
 Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Library</span></a> in Columbus, Ohio.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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BPE</span> <span style="color:#202020">focuses on the management and the preservation of digital information</span>,<span style="color:#202020"> as well as access and outreach, and brings together practitioners to discuss their real-world experiences, including
 best practices and lessons learned. Visit <a href="https://wordpress.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6d55d94a66a24dfdf3fde7d14&id=d2476bfe59&e=deefe045bb">
<span style="color:#007C89">http://bit.ly/BPE2019</span></a> for all conference info as it develops.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Plenary Speakers:</span></strong>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sharon Leon</span></strong>.
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Collections, Data, and Interpretation: Exploring the Life Cycle of Digital Objects.</span></em><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Katherine Skinner</span></strong>.
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Managing Maintenance—Juxtaposing Technology and Community.</span></em><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
More on the <a href="https://wordpress.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6d55d94a66a24dfdf3fde7d14&id=ca7df7295e&e=deefe045bb" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">Program page</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">Program:</span></strong><span style="color:#202020"> The program is still being finalized, but is very close</span> to being complete<span style="color:#202020">. All
 confirmed sessions are now posted to the <a href="https://wordpress.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6d55d94a66a24dfdf3fde7d14&id=5a6b2bae27&e=deefe045bb" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">Program page</span></a> on the website. We have around 40 sessions--here are
</span>a <span style="color:#202020">few examples: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Accessible Library Websites: When the Department of Education Steps in to Make the Choice for You;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Collaboration Strategies for Transfer, Preservation, and Access;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Digital Archives in the Discovery Layer: Collaboration between Archivists and Technical Services Librarians;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Documenting Digital Preservation: Policies, Practices, and Workflows;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Evolving and Adapting: Unlocking Consortial Digital Preservation;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Leadership via Shared Ownership: An Approach to Co-Managing a Digital Scholarship Center;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Leveraging Correspondence Management systems for Digital Object Metadata;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Persistent Analysis: Evaluation Strategies to Improve Access to Digital Collections;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Practical Approach to Arrangement and Description With Preservica CE;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Problems from the Past Informing Better Practices for the Future;
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">Updating the Vision for your Digital Repository: Revisiting the Collections Management Policy and Addressing Legacy Collections<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">...and many more!<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">Registration:</span></strong><span style="color:#202020">
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><a href="https://wordpress.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6d55d94a66a24dfdf3fde7d14&id=92c188dda4&e=deefe045bb" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">https://opc.wildapricot.org/event-3224100</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
Price: $125.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
Includes 2 continental breakfasts, 1 lunch, breaks, and reception.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
Limited to 150. Open through 4/15 or until capacity is reached.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
Pay online through PayPal or generate an invoice to be mailed in by clicking above link.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
Thank you to <a href="https://wordpress.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6d55d94a66a24dfdf3fde7d14&id=465b5f3ccf&e=deefe045bb" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">Ohio Preservation Council</span></a> for acting as this meeting’s fiscal agent!<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">Schedule:</span></strong><span style="color:#202020"> Monday 12pm-8pm, Tuesday 8:15am-5pm, Wednesday 8:15am-1:15pm. See
<a href="https://wordpress.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6d55d94a66a24dfdf3fde7d14&id=eb380a7078&e=deefe045bb" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">Schedule page</span></a> (in progress).<br>
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