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Call for Proposals for the ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Meeting on Metadata Automation - ALA Midwinter 2019 New technologies, collaborations, and ways of working have transformed metadata workflows. Have you implemented new tools to streamline your workflows? Are you experimenting with automated approaches to metadata creation? If so, we want to hear from you! Consider submitting your proposal for a 15 minute presentation at the ALCTS Metadata Interest Group session, followed by discussion. Potential topics include: - Metadata automation workflows - Crowdsourcing metadata - Automated transcription - Automatic image recognition (e.g. facial/object recognition) If you have any questions, feel free to contact Anne Washington ( [log in to unmask]) or Mingyan Li ([log in to unmask]), ALCTS MIG Programming Co-Chairs. Please fill out the submission form <https://goo.gl/forms/8RfTuul59JXvNY0I3> with your proposal abstract by Friday, November 16, 2018. The Metadata Interest Group meeting will take place during the 2019 ALA Midwinter Conference in Seattle, WA on Sunday, January 27, 2019 8:30-10:00 am. See this announcement on our blog: http://www.alcts.ala.org/metadatablog/2018/09/call-for-proposals-on-the-topic-of-linked-data-automation/ Anne Washington, Metadata Services Coordinator University Libraries University of Houston 713-743-3038 [log in to unmask]