<div dir="ltr"><b style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Registration is open for the Mountain West Data Librarian Symposium!<span> </span><a href="https://events.cu.edu/MWDLS2018" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Register now</a>: <a href="https://events.cu.edu/MWDLS2018" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://events.cu.edu/MWDLS2018</a></b><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The<span> </span><a href="https://mountainwestdls.github.io/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Mountain West Data Librarian Symposium</a><span> </span>is a low-cost professional development opportunity for librarians and research data specialists. Join us August 13-14 at the University of Colorado Boulder for the inaugural Mountain West Data Librarian Symposium! </div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Regular registration is $35 with a discounted student rate of $15.</b> Attendance is capped at 60 persons, so we do encourage you to register soon to avoid disappointment.</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The symposium will consist of morning workshops, afternoon unconference sessions, and a round of lighting talks. Workshops will focus on data literacy, data instruction, and pseudoreplication. Unconference sessions are being voted on through the registration process. The<span> </span><a href="https://mountainwestdls.github.io/schedule_2018/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">current schedule is on the MWDLS website</a><span> </span>with workshop details being released by July 13, lighting talk submissions opening July 9, and unconference sessions listed August 1.</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">On behalf of the<span> </span><a href="https://mountainwestdls.github.io/about_2018/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">2018 planning committee</a>, we hope to see you in Boulder!</div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">For more information, follow<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/mountainwestdls" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">@MountainWestDLS</a><span> </span>on Twitter or check out the<span> </span><a href="https://mountainwestdls.github.io/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Mountain West Data Librarian Symposium website</a>. Please send any questions to <a href="mailto:MountainWestDLS@gmail.com">MountainWestDLS@gmail.com</a>. If you are unable to attend the Mountain West Data Librarian Symposium, the<span> </span><a href="https://mwdatalibrariansymposium.wordpress.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Midwest Data Librarian Symposium</a><span> </span>and the<span> </span><a href="https://se-datalibrarian.github.io/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Southeast Data Librarian Symposium</a><span> </span>will both be held October 8-9.</div><br></div>