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Dear Colleagues, I am sharing the announcement below on behalf of Ian Spangler, Assistant Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography, Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library. Best, Anna Hi folks: I'm writing on behalf of the Leventhal Map & Education Center<https://www.leventhalmap.org/> (LMEC) to share an exciting opportunity for folks working at the intersection of librarianship, civic data, and digital humanities. Last year, LMEC partnered with the team at Civic Switchboard<https://civic-switchboard.github.io/> to host a 2-day institute at the Boston Public Library (BPL) focused on how library workers can serve as intermediaries between community members and civic data<https://civic-switchboard.github.io/assets/guide/Connecting_Libraries_and_Civic_Data.pdf> (it's part of a larger set of institutes<https://civic-switchboard.github.io/2024-institutes/> focused on the same topic, spanning the entire U.S.). Applications are now open for the Boston Institute<https://civic-switchboard.github.io/application-boston/>, which will be held June 27-28 at BPL. Its main goals include: * Connecting with other regional library workers and expand a community of practice focused on libraries and civic data; * Exploring your civic data ecosystem and potential roles for your library; * Connecting with exemplars of library civic data intermediary work by engaging with the work of host sites; * Discovering critical dimensions of data work, including power, social justice, and responsible data practices to mitigate harms; * Helping improve civic data educational materials for a library audience. On day 2 of the Boston Institute, LMEC staff will also spend some time discussing our own work with civic data, from both research/reference and collections<https://data.leventhalmap.org/#/> perspectives. We would love to see library workers who also have interests in the digital humanities participate in the institute. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me directly<https://www.leventhalmap.org/about/people/ian-spangler/> if you have any questions about the application or the institute itself. Thanks for your attention! Cheers, Ian Spangler Assistant Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography Leventhal Map & Education Center Boston Public Library Anna E. Kijas Head, Lilly Music Library Granoff Music Center | Tufts University Pronouns: she, her, hers Book an appointment<https://tufts.libcal.com/appointments/kijas/lilly> | (617) 627-2846 Co-founder of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)<http://sucho.org/> Administrative Chair, Music Encoding Initiative<https://music-encoding.org/community/mei-board.html> Editor, Technical Reports and Monographs in Music Librarianship<https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/techreports> (MLA) ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BOSTONDH list, click the following link: https://listserv.neu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=BOSTONDH