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Forwarding on behalf of Lynn Ransom, Acting Executive Director, Digital Scriptorium.</div>
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Scriptorium</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (DS) will be holding its Annual Meeting of the DS membership on
<b>Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 10am – 4pm EDT</b>, at <b>The Ohio State University</b> in Columbus, Ohio. We invite anyone who is interested in hearing more about the organization and the
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DS Catalog</a> to join us either <b>virtually</b> (on Zoom) or <b>in person</b>.</span></div>
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The morning session will be dedicated to organizational updates and reports, including announcements regarding two new initiatives that will have direct benefit to DS members: the
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William G. Noel Eureka Fund</a> and the recently awarded NEH grant that includes support to hire a full-time, 22-month Manuscript Data Curation Fellow. The afternoon session will be focused on presentations about manuscript collections from The Ohio State University
and Ohio University, as well as a talk from former DS Manuscript Data Curation Fellow Rose McCandless on her experiences with metadata creation for previously undescribed member collections.</div>
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<b>Registration is free and open to all</b>. To register, <a data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDMguU0tXSHsgzmGAe8yUYHun9VvXFJUJQecGleGqVaZEYHQ/viewform?usp=header" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA2e74caa8-06e4-1a7f-a20e-597e61062018" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDMguU0tXSHsgzmGAe8yUYHun9VvXFJUJQecGleGqVaZEYHQ/viewform?usp=header">
please complete this form</a>. A detailed agenda and zoom link will be sent to registered participants closer to the meeting date.</div>
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If you are interested in learning how your institution can become a member, email us anytime to set up a meeting at dscriptorium2020@gmail.com.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>Lynn Ransom, Ph.D.</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>Curator of Programs,
</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><i><u><a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.library.upenn.edu/sims" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA158c7b7c-8dce-be2d-9a94-0d8c1cec3bb6" href="https://www.library.upenn.edu/sims">Schoenberg
Institute for Manuscript Studies</a></u></i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>Project Director,
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New Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts</a></u></i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>Co-Editor,
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Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies</a></u></i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>Acting Executive Director,
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Scriptorium</a></u></i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>The University of Pennsylvania Libraries</i></span></p>
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