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<p class="MsoNormal">ICYMI. For ALAO members, but it this interests you enough, <a href="https://alaoweb.org/join">
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<b>Subject:</b> [External] [ALAO] ALAO Data Interest Group (DIG) – First Meeting on February 27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">The ALAO Data Interest Group (DIG) invites you to attend our first meeting on Friday, February 27 from 1:30–2:30 p.m.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">DIG was established to provide a space for ALAO members engaged in or interested in data-related work across academic libraries. This includes areas such as data management, data literacy,
research data services, visualization, and emerging tools and practices. The goal of the group is to foster collaboration, professional dialogue, and shared learning across institutions and roles.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">We recently surveyed interested members to determine an initial meeting time, and Friday, February 27 at 1:30 p.m. received the strongest response. We are now extending this invitation
to the full ALAO community as we formally launch the group.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">If you are interested in attending, please email
<a href="mailto:dig@alaoweb.org" title="dig@alaoweb.org" id="OWA1b79e305-fbcb-3e26-4915-ad3547e34413">
dig@alaoweb.org</a> by February 24, and we will send the meeting invitation and details.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">Additional information about the Data Interest Group is available here:</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/page-1861234" id="OWA721035e3-e6ab-f6a7-5103-2a74b8ddc218">https://www.alaoweb.org/page-1861234</a> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">We welcome participation from colleagues across ALAO who are interested in contributing to and shaping this emerging community of practice.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">Cheers,</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">Michael</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="elementtoproof"><span style="color:black">Co-Chair, ALAO Data Interest Group</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#18376A">Michael Hawkins, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#18376A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#18376A">Assistant Professor, Data Librarian </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#18376A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#18376A">Kent State University</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#18376A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#18376A">330-672-1663</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#18376A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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