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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi RDAP community, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 2018 RDAP Sponsorship Committee would appreciate your help in locating and connecting with potential sponsors for the annual Summit to be held at the Chicago Hilton on March 21-23, 2018. Sponsorship directly benefits YOU and your colleagues
by lowering attendance costs. Lowering the registration cost is important because it allows more people to attend which, in turn, strengthens and expands the diversity of our community. Our 2017 Summit sponsors helped us lower registration cost by 53%(!).
The 2018 Summit sponsorship goal is $20,000. Here’s how you can help:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Become a Sponsor!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Sponsors of the 2018 RDAP Summit get direct face-to-face networking time and exposure with a core and growing community of over 180 library and information professionals that specialize in research data management
and curation. Our community of researchers, practitioners, and librarians come from predominantly U.S. academic, government, and private sectors and they work on a wide range of issues such as data storage, data analysis, massive data transfer, metadata, data
curation, open data/data publication, and digital preservation. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Interested in sponsoring RDAP 2018? Visit
<a href="https://www.asist.org/2018-rdap-summit-sponsorship-opportunities/">our Sponsorship webpage</a> to determine how your organization will participate in the most valued research data conference in the United States!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Help Us Connect with Sponsors!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Please share this message with anyone who may be interested sponsoring the 2018 Summit. Our growing network of research data professionals and sponsor partners is what makes RDAP special and your help is appreciated.
In 2017 eight academic libraries and three iSchools helped us meet our sponsorship goal and helped reduce registration fees by 53%!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">RDAP is a close-knit and engaged community, looking to build partnerships and learning opportunities with colleagues in the education, nonprofit, and commercial spheres. RDAP sponsors are equally excited to be a partners with practitioners
and institutions and recognize that all benefit from community-building and dialog.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your essential support.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Megan O'Donnell (chair)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Trisha Adamus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cunera Buys<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jen Ferguson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Sponsorship Team 2018<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions about the work of the Team or would like to discuss other sponsorship opportunities please contact the chair.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#404040">Megan O’Donnell</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#404040"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35;background:white">Data Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35;background:white">Entomology, EEOB, NREM, and Environment Librarian</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><br>
<a href="http://www.lib.iastate.edu/"><span style="color:#222A35">Iowa State University Library</span></a><br>
mno@iastate.edu (515) 294-1670<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><a href="https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0002-4632-6642"><span style="color:#222A35">Impact Story</span></a> ORCiD:
<a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4632-6642"><span style="color:#222A35">0000-0002-4632-6642</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222A35">Personal pronouns:
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