*Apologies for cross-posting.* *Registration <https://2020-dis.eventbrite.com/> for the Seventh Annual Digital Initiatives Symposium is now open!* Check out the program at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2020/ *Monday, April 27:* *Five pre-conference workshops:* - Cataloging in the Age of RDA: Latest Trends, Issues, and Challenges Murtha Baca PhD,* Getty Research Institute (emerita) and UCLA (emerita);* Luiz H. Mendes, *California State University, Northridge and UCLA* - Developing and Articulating Open Access Policies, Principles, and Guidelines: a Hands-On Workshop Ellen Finnie, *MIT* - Lessons from SPARC’s Journal Negotiation Community of Practice: A Workshop on Aligning Negotiations With Making Scholarship Open By Default Nick Shockey, Caitlin Carter, and Greg Tananbaum, *SPARC* - Copyright Intersections for Academic Librarians Sara Benson, *University of Illinois* - Planning and Managing a Digital Collections Project Dinah Handel, *Stanford University* *Outdoor Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception * *Tuesday, April 28* *Keynote speakers:* * "*What is Open about Closed: an Ubuntu Perspective of Open Access" Reggie Raju, *University of Cape Town* "Academy-Owned Non-Profit Open Access Publishing: an Approach to Achieve Participatory and Sustainable Scholarly Communications" Arianna Becerril García, *Redalyc* *Featured speaker:* "Facilitating OA Transformation through Publisher Engagement: The UC Experience" Ivy Anderson, *California Digital Library* *Deans' Panel:* Jennifer Fabbi, Dean, University Library; California State University, San Marcos Maggie Farrell, Dean of Libraries; University of Nevada, Las Vegas Larry Alford, University Chief Librarian; University of Toronto *Plus: 5 Lightning Talks* *12 Concurrent Sessions* *4 User Groups* *WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN SAN DIEGO!* -- *Amanda Y. Makula* Digital Initiatives Librarian University of San Diego 5998 Alcalá Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 Phone: (619) 260-6850 [log in to unmask] Open access publishing at Digital USD <http://digital.sandiego.edu> ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce