<div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hello all,<br><br></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Brianna Marshall and I mentioned the Midwest Data Librarians Symposium at RDAP earlier this year and I'm happy to say that registration is now open for the event. We hope to see many of our regional colleagues there!<br><br></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">More info:<br></span></font><div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></font>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The <a href="https://mwdatalibrariansymposium.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Midwest Data Librarian Symposium</span></a> (MDLS) is
an opportunity for midwestern librarians who work in research data management
to collectively problem solve and network. This unconference-style symposium
will be held on October 15 and 16 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The
event is being sponsored by both UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison.</span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The schedule will feature a hands-on workshop on
improving data management instruction and facilitated conversations on four
current topics in data management: consulting on data, curating
research data, forming partnerships on campus, and teaching data
management. The goal of these discussion is to share success stories and
brainstorm solutions to common problems.</span></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><a href="https://mwdatalibrariansymposium.wordpress.com/register/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Registration is currently open</span></a> and will be capped
at 50 participants. While the symposium is intended as a regional event for
data librarians, it is open to all who wish to attend, including future data
librarians and data librarians situated outside the midwest.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><br><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Best,</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Kristin<br></span></span></font></p>
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