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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Please excuse multiple postings..<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Call for proposals for CONTENTdm Midwest Users Group May 3-4, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Hosted by OCLC, Dublin, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>May 3-4, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Do you have a new project, tip, or best practice to share with your fellow CONTENTdm users? The seventh annual Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group meeting needs you! Please consider participating in the 2012 meeting with a presentation, poster, or panel discussion. We need your help to make our 2012 meeting a great one! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS MONDAY, MARCH 26<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Planning and implementing a digital project (workflows, staffing, best practices)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Collaboration between institutions on projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Working with 3D objects such as museum artifacts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* User statistics and assessment, production statistics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Server management, hosted vs. non-hosted sites<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Programming and application building (widgets, API, other add ons)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Digital archiving and preservation of digital collections<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Building text collections (institutional repositories, EAD, newspapers, multi-page documents)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Fun with CONTENTdm (v.6 tricks and tips, innovative adaptations or uses)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Creating and using controlled vocabularies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Funding projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Collection customizations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Metadata migrating, harvesting, repurposing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Video, audio or other multimedia projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Photographic projects, image editing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Oral histories and other historical documentation projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* Rights management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>* System integration and interoperability (digital collections in the institutional landscape, linking to collections via RSS feed, meta-searches, API)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The online proposal submission form is available at this URL: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bit.ly/CDM-MUG12-proposals">http://bit.ly/CDM-MUG12-proposals</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>*** REGISTRATION IS FREE! ***<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>(meeting website & registration form coming soon!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>User Group meetings provide great opportunities to network, share best practices, and hear about the latest CONTENTdm product updates. Now in its seventh year, the Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group welcomes all CONTENTdm users, from beginner to advanced, from any type of library or historical = or cultural institution. Please come join us!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Questions? Contact Diana Nichols | <a href="mailto:nicholsd@ohio.edu">nicholsd@ohio.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>