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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">LD4 Conference on Linked Data:
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Pre-Conference workshops and tutorials:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">July 19<br>
<b>Sessions begin on July 20th</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We’re excited to announce that registration for the 2021 LD4 Conference is open! Join us virtually on July 19-23, 2021 to learn concrete ways that linked data benefits GLAM institutions,
and discover pathways to participation in linked data. The conference is free to attend: choose one session or many!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Whether you have already implemented linked data in your work or are just getting started, you will leave with a better understanding of what linked data is, how it can be used, and
what you can do to get started or continue to incorporate linked data in your institutions or projects. By bringing together a broad range of perspectives, and centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and ethics in our discussions, we will create a community
of practice for linked data in libraries. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are delighted to have Jessica Meyerson and Lauren Klein as our conference keynotes. Other program highlights include panel sessions with the LD4 steering committee and the Library
of Congress, workshops and tutorials on Sinopia and Wikidata, LD4 affinity group meetings, and many opportunities for learning, brainstorming, and engaging with linked data. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To register, please visit the conference website at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/bit.ly/ld42021-registration__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!9mqanzBAvFkvkBb5jnm1tIUaNxz4PpXBDo8e7w-DCo9EEi6FI_0K93ya5n8zES0$" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/ld42021-registration</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. Once
registered, you will receive an invitation to create a Sched account so that you can create a personalized schedule of the sessions you want to attend and receive messages and reminders specific to the sessions that you sign up for. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For questions about the LD4 Conference, please contact the conference co-chairs at
<a href="mailto:2021_ld4conf_chairs@googlegroups.com">2021_ld4conf_chairs@googlegroups.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We hope that you’ll join us! </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Xiaoli Li (University of California, Davis), Elizabeth Russey Roke (Emory University), and Paloma Graciani Picardo (University of Texas at Austin), Conference Co-Chairs</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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