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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please excuse multiple postings<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science presents a Wednesday Webinar:<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Digital Libraries and Digital Preservation – What are they, and what are the career opportunities? Virtual open house – Wednesday, Oct. 26, at noon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText>What: Digital Libraries/Digital Preservation online open house <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>When: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, noon to 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Where: At your computer. Visit <a href="http://bit.ly/DL-DPwebinar-Oct26">http://bit.ly/DL-DPwebinar-Oct26</a> to register, and you’ll receive a link to the presentation via email.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Cost: Free<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There’s been a lot of buzz about digital libraries, and everyone in the information field is talking about digital preservation. What are digital libraries? What does digital preservation entail? What are the latest developments? What are the career opportunities in these fields? What courses fall within these specializations?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tune in to a live, interactive open house and hear from three of the top scholars in these areas. You will be able to ask questions and interact with the internationally renowned faculty in real time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Visit <a href="http://bit.ly/DL-DPwebinar-Oct26">http://bit.ly/DL-DPwebinar-Oct26</a> to register for this virtual open house.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Presenters: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Catherine Smith, Ph.D.,</b> assistant professor, SLIS, is Principal investigator on <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Google Research Award </span></em>, $76,000, for “A description of domain-independent search expertise,” awarded summer 2011. She also has numerous publications and presentations to her credit. Read more at <a href="http://www.kent.edu/slis/people/~csmit141/">http://www.kent.edu/slis/people/~csmit141/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Karen Gracy, Ph.D.,</b> assistant professor, SLIS, is the author of “<i>Film Preservation: Competing Definitions of Value, Use, and Practice</i> (Chicago: Society of American Archivists). She also is co-PI on a Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the amount of $219,386, to study how libraries and museums can provide greater access to digital content through Linked Open Data. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.kent.edu/slis/people/~kgracy/">http://www.kent.edu/slis/people/~kgracy/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Yin Zhang, Ph.D</b>., professor, School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University, has published extensively and delivered presentations internationally on digital libraries. She has led numerous committees in the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and is a frequent presenter at its conferences. Her research has earned grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Research Center for Educational Technology and Ohio Board of Regents/Research Challenge. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.kent.edu/slis/people/~yzhang4/">http://www.kent.edu/slis/people/~yzhang4/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Flo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><~><~>~<~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><~><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Flo Cunningham<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marketing Communications and Public Relations Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>School of Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kent State University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>330-672-0003<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:fcunning@kent.edu">fcunning@kent.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. -- Jorge Luis Borges</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>