Building upon a diverse range of collections as data experimentation<https://collectionsasdata.github.io/part2whole/>, the time has come to assess the state of the field on an international level - our challenges, our aspirations, and prospective ways of working together. In order to chart future directions for our community, Collections as Data: Part to Whole is holding a collaborative international working event in Vancouver, Canada from April 25-26, 2023. Collections as Data: State of the Field and Future Directions will inform the production of a white paper and subsequent multinational collections as data initiatives. We hope to have a lot of varied perspectives, so if you have interest/engagement with collections as data - whether from an archives, computational, metadata, user, or any other perspective – please join us! See the full call for participation here<https://collectionsasdata.github.io/part2whole/future/> and apply by December 1! ---- Yasmeen Shorish Associate Professor | Director of Scholarly Communications Strategies Special Advisor to the Dean on Equity Initiatives JMU Libraries | Rose 2309 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | 540-568-4288 (not answering during pandemic) Make an Appointment<https://events.lib.jmu.edu/appointments?u=8412> she/her/hers [signature_4081525936] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-8241<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__orcid.org_0000-2D0002-2D4155-2D8241&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=TkWm5-BITfd1ajk2ZCG2Yw&m=Yo_q64bkuzZsLoKb22qPOIZNeEkhNbhZluKVnq-dV3k&s=6jI7MUS8srH6jAgXPGrCEIBcekMRzxzK9zOdXzIjHzg&e=> I observe email free evenings and weekends but occasionally deviate due to abnormal working conditions caused by the pandemic. ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit https://www.diglib.org/announce