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Registration is now open for the <b>2025 Annual Meeting: <i>Show Me the Money: Sustaining Archives and Archival Programs</i>, May 15-16!
</b>Register <span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://www.ohiohistorystore.com/collections/society-of-ohio-archivists/products/2025-society-of-ohio-archivists-annual-conference" id="OWAe1e76ae1-d0ff-92ef-67aa-301666e60e42" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.ohiohistorystore.com/collections/society-of-ohio-archivists/products/2025-society-of-ohio-archivists-annual-conference" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">online</a></span> or
mail-in in this <span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/soa_reg_printable_2024.pdf" id="OWA4e928c81-65a1-1732-f2d2-25e96649842f" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/soa_reg_printable_2024.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">form
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This May, the Society of Ohio Archivists </span>
<span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" id="OWAb5c88cfc-97da-1b79-700e-8c4b9306b8f4" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Annual
Meeting</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> will be traveling to Toledo, Ohio! Join us on Thursday, May 15 (virtual), and on Friday, May 16 (hybrid) at the University of Toledo. Day one (Thursday) is comprised of all virtual sessions, available to
all registrants. Day two (Friday) is a full day of in-person sessions with one session in each time block live streamed for virtual attendees.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/hswe_headshot_mellon.jpg" id="OWAb518a8a1-7737-4c26-93e1-2c2c19f6870a" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/hswe_headshot_mellon.jpg" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;"><img alt="Photograph of a woman against a red background. She is wearing glasses and a black jacket." width="150" style="width: 150px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 0.857143rem 1.71429rem 0.857143rem 0px; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 1px 4px; float: left;" src="https://ohioarchivists.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/hswe_headshot_mellon-150x150.jpg"></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Keynotes:</b> We
are excited to announce <b>Patricia Hswe </b>as our morning keynote speaker. </span>
<span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://www.mellon.org/people/patricia-hswe" id="OWA91ff042e-6c9a-8339-5641-1cfcbf26f84e" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.mellon.org/people/patricia-hswe" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Patricia
Hswe</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is the program director for Public Knowledge at The Mellon Foundation. As the Foundation’s program area that supports libraries and archives, Public Knowledge makes grants that strive to increase equitable
access to—and activation of—recorded knowledge that helps to build an informed, heterogeneous, and civically engaged society. Patricia is currently a member of the board of trustees for the Metropolitan New York Library Council and sits in the advisory team
for LibraryPAC.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our midday keynote speakers are <b>Jordan Cravens</b> and
<b>Sara Bushong</b>, who will describe a recent fundraising campaign that built support for the University Libraries at Bowling Green State University and discuss the power in building authentic relationships. The full Program of sessions and presenters is
on the </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" id="OWA2807707e-fc6b-0a7f-6ab9-d2b8616caa26" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Annual
Meeting webpage</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Pre-registration ends on Wednesday, May 7</b> for the full conference experience (Day 1 virtual/Day 2 in person). Those choosing the all-virtual option have until May 14 to register online. On-site day of registration will
be available, but without lunch. Full details are on the </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" id="OWA3cc3676d-60d7-69bf-0d01-395bcbdc613f" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Annual
Meeting webpage</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i>Questions?</i></b><i> Please feel free to contact the
</i></span><span style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><i><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/educational-programming/" id="OWA451ba488-ccb7-a3ab-75b2-298688189408" class="x_OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/educational-programming/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Educational
Programming Committee</a></i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i> cochairs Sara Mouch and Michelle Sweetser. We look forward to seeing you!</i></span></div>
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