<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Registration is open!</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><i style="font-size:12.8px">Please excuse cross-posting.</i><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif,emojifont,"apple color emoji","segoe ui emoji",notocoloremoji,"segoe ui symbol","android emoji",emojisymbols;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><i><br></i></span></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Registration is open for the 2017 Northwest IR User Group Meeting hosted at Portland State University Library on Friday, July 21.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please visit the conference page for more information and to register: </span><a href="http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/nwirug/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.<wbr>edu/nwirug/</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We are excited to announce a new type of session this year - table talks. Table talks are a series of engaging, small group conversations aimed at exploring IR related topics. This session will give you an opportunity to collaborate with “experts” in the field to explore new ideas and solutions to challenges you may face. You will be able to ask questions, provide ideas, and brainstorm as a group. Those interested in more than one topic will have the chance to “table hop.” We think this will be one of the most rewarding experiences at NW IR User Group Meeting.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Table topics will include:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><ul style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Institutional Repository Policies</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Metadata</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Open Textbooks and Metadata</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Data Repositories</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Digital Commons</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Metadata-Only Records in an IR<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></li></ul><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"><div id="gmail-:415" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><br></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Karen Bjork, M.A. and MLIS<div>Head of Digital Initiatives </div><div>Portland State University Library</div><div>Phone: 503-725-5889</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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