Dear fellow Blacklight community members,

The next Blacklight Summit will take place virtually next week over three
days *Monday, December 8th through Wednesday, December 10th*. Sessions will
take place *11am-3:30pm ET *each day.

*Please register*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkM6in6yw-VR2jmwuNw9DUgx2woJPe2It4eJxtK89Pmj_WKw/viewform>
for more participation information and to receive the Zoom link. 16
institutions have signed up so far. There are also smaller sessions held
the week before the summit to allow for more informal socializing and
networking with other summit participants.

The event schedule and agenda is available on the *Blacklight Summit
website* <https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/blacklightsummit2025>.

Attendees will learn about the Blacklight community including the
recent Blacklight
9 release
<https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/releases/tag/v9.0.0>,
institutional demos, Solr search strategies, usability, interface
customizations, and more.

Regards,
Nikitas Tampakis, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
On behalf of the Blacklight Summit Planning Committee