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*Registration is now open* <https://2019-dis.eventbrite.com/> for the *2019
Digital Initiatives Symposium*
<https://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2019/>!


* - Six Pre-conference Workshops:*

- Collections as Data: Digital Collections for Emerging Research Methods by
Stewart Varner, *University of Pennsylvania*
- Two Peas in a Pod: On Information Literacy and Open Educational Resources
by Michelle Reed, *University of Texas at Arlington*
- Text Mining with HathiTrust: Empowering Librarians to Support Digital
Scholarship Research by Eleanor Dickson Koehl, *HathiTrust*
- Results-Driving OER Programs by Nicole Finkbeiner, *Rice University*
- Metadata for Digital Projects: An Overview of Practical Issues and
Challenges by Murtha Baca, *Getty Research Institute and UCLA*
-Strategies and Tools for Digital Repository Selection and Migration by
Todd Crocken and Anne Washington, *University of Houston*



*- Outdoor Wine and Cheese Welcome Reception held on Day 1*
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*Keynote speakers:*
 * Virginia Steel*, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, *UCLA*
"Open, Equitable, Affordable, and Transparent: Progress on the Road to True
Open Access"

*Leslie Chan*, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for
Critical Development Studies, *University of Toronto Scarborough*
"Platform Capitalism and the Governance of Knowledge Infrastructure"



*Featured speaker:*

*Yasmeen Shorish, Data Services Coordinator / Associate Professor, James
Madison University*"Centering Humanity in Digital Scholarship"


*Deans' Panel:*

*David Lewis*, Dean Emeritus,* IUPUI University Library*
"Digital Infrastructure: Paying for the Pipes"

*with responses from:*
*Adriene Lim*, Dean of Libraries and Philip H. Knight Chair, *University of
Oregon Libraries*
*Alexia Hudson-Ward*, Director of Libraries, *Oberlin College and
Conservatory*
*Shan Sutton*, Dean of University Libraries and Katheryne B. Willock
Endowed Chair,* University of Arizona*

*-10-Minute "Lightning Talks":*
"Lever Press: A Game Changer for Scholarly Publishing" by Jennifer
Nutefall, Santa Clara University
"Re/Mapping the Archives: Repository Content for the Digital Humanities and
Cartographer" by Michael R. Howser, *SDSU*
"Can This Be Redacted? Developing an Institutional Repository and
Addressing Privacy Issues" by Pamela Pierce, *OHSU*
"The Language Archive: Migrating to an Easier, Sustainable Open-Source
Solution" by Jeroen Geerts, *Max Planck Institute Nijmegen*
"Pushing PCP and Dismissing Diversity: Platforms, Competition, and Profit"
by Paige Mann, *University of Redlands*


*Plus, 12 Concurrent Sessions and 4 User Groups (Digital Commons, DSpace,
Fedora and Islandora)*



*WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN SAN DIEGO!*

-- 
Ashley Toutain

Records Manager & Processing Archivist
Copley Library
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, California 92110
619-260-2730

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