<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2e24b01a-3fa9-7db3-cedc-638253fbef3b"><br><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="http://www.diglib.org/forums/2014forum/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DLF Forum</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is an annual meeting where the digital library community comes together to discover better methods of working through sharing and collaboration. It serves as a resource and catalyst among digital library developers, project managers, and all who are invested in digital library issues.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are currently seeking proposals for the 2014 DLF Forum program. The Program Planning Committee requests proposals within the broad framework of digital collections, infrastructure, resources, and organizational priorities. You do not need to be part of a member organization in order to submit a proposal.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Forum traditionally has no overarching theme so that we can craft a program that speaks to current issues of interest to our community. We depend on contributors to focus proposals on action-oriented topics targeted towards a practitioner audience, considering the aspects of design, management, assessment, and collaboration.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suggested topical areas for 2014 include:</span></div><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Digital resources, including research data and archival collections</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">User services / UX</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Systems architecture, both hardware and code</span></div></li></ul><br><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is not a prescriptive list; we encourage you to be creative, collaborative, and collegial.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Proposals are due June 22. For more information and to submit your proposal, please visit </span><a href="http://www.diglib.org/forums/2014forum/cfp/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.diglib.org/forums/2014forum/cfp/</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="http://www.diglib.org/forums/2014forum" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2014 DLF Forum</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> will be held in Atlanta, GA, October 27–29.</span></div><br><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please share widely. Apologies for cross-posting.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.diglib.org/forums/2014forum/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2014 DLF Forum</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Atlanta, October 27-29</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.diglib.org/forums/2014forum/cfp/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Call for Proposals</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Due June 22</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.diglib.org/forums/2014forum/registration/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Registration</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Early bird until June 30</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div></span></body></html>