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Nominations '''Voting for Keynote speakers for the Code4Lib 2023 Conference are is open now being accepted. The conference will take place March 15-17through December 12, 2023 at Princeton University2022.'''
'''Nominations will close at midnight for Keynote speakers for the Code4Lib 2023 Conference are listed on November 29, 2022this page. You may [https://forms.gle/Ve1M6YcSDwujAVYd8 cast your vote using the form linked here].'''
When making a nomination, please consider whether the nominee is likely to be an excellent contributor in each of the following areas: 1) '''Appropriateness'''. Is this speaker likely to convey information that is useful to many members of our community? 2) '''Uniqueness'''. Is this speaker likely to cover themes that may not commonly appear in the rest of the program? 3) '''Contribution to diversity'''. Will this person bring something rare, notable, or unique to our community, through unusual experience or background? Please include a description and any relevant links. Please try to keep the list in alphabetical order. We require the following information in your nomination for a candidate to act as keynote:*Speaker’s full name*Brief description of individual (250-word max)*Pertinent links (Maximum of 3)*Contact information for candidate (email address) The Keynote Committee conference will attempt to contact all nominees and will only include on the ballot those who consent to be nominated. ''If you would prefer to submit a nomination anonymouslytake place March 15-17, please send your nominee(s) to Tyler Wade 2023 at tw8766@princeton.edu [mailto:tw8766@princeton.edu tw8766@princeton.edu].''  Please follow the formatting guidelines: <pre> == Nominee's Name == Description of no more than 250 words. [[Link(s) with contact information for nominee]] [mailto:email_linkPrinceton University.foo nominee's email address]  </pre>
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[mailto:sday@nccu.edu Siobahn Grady]
 
== Ben Schmidt ==
[https://benschmidt.org/ Ben Schmidt] is Vice President of Information Design at Nomic, where he is working on new interfaces for interpreting and visualizing large-scale data in the browser. Previously he was a professor of history and digital humanities, where his research focused on large-scale text analysis, humanities data visualization, and the challenges and opportunities of reading data itself as a historical source. His project, [https://creatingdata.us/ Creating Data], explores practices of data collection in the 19th century American state through archival research, visualization, and re-analysis of historical data. Library data sources, such as Hathi Trust and the Library of Congress, have featured prominently in his work.
==Dr. Brandy McNeil==
* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vanessa-Reyes-5 Dr. Reyes' Researchgate profile]
[mailto:vanessareyes@usf.edu Vanessa Reyes' email address]
==Jane Doe (example)Ben Schmidt ==[https://benschmidt.org/ Ben Schmidt] is Vice President of Information Design at Nomic, where he is working on new interfaces for interpreting and visualizing large-scale data in the browser. Previously he was a professor of history and digital humanities, where his research focused on large-scale text analysis, humanities data visualization, and the challenges and opportunities of reading data itself as a historical source. His project, [https://creatingdata.us/ Creating Data], explores practices of data collection in the 19th century American state through archival research, visualization, and re-analysis of historical data. Library data sources, such as Hathi Trust and the Library of Congress, have featured prominently in his work.
Jane works at ________, doing _______==Dr. Lydia Tang==
Some pertinent history/biography/[https://exampleDr.com hyperlinks] that illustrates why Jane would be Lydia Tang is currently an Outreach and Engagement Coordinator for LYRASIS. Previously, she held archivist positions at Michigan State University, the Library of Congress, and numerous graduate positions at the University of Illinois, where she received her MLIS and Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Passionate about accessibility and disability representation in archives, she served on the Task Force to Revise the Best Practices on Accessible Archives for People with Disabilities and spearheaded founding the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Accessibility & Disability Section (ADS). She is the 2020 recipient of SAA’s Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award and was recognized in three SAA Council resolutions as a good keynote speakerco-founder of the Archival Workers Emergency Fund, for spearheading the Accessibility & Disability Section’s “Archivists at Home” document, and for the “Guidelines for Accessible Archives for People with Disabilities.” In addition to her professional service with SAA, she has contributed to accessibility initiatives within DLF Digital Accessibility Working Group and the ArchivesSpace open source software and community by leading the Staff Interface Enhancement Working Group, Development Prioritization subteam, founding the Usability subteam, and chairing the Users Advisory Council. She has written about accessible physical archival spaces, hiring and advancement practices, and is currently co-editing a book with Dr. Gracen Brilmeyer, Preserving Disability: Disability and the Archival Profession.
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydiamtang/?original_referer= Dr. Tang's LinkedIn profile]* [https://www2.archivists.org/news/2020/mark-a-greene-emerging-leader-award-lydia-tang Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award announcement]* [https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=30305&i=601234&p=14 Engaging Users with Disabilities for Accessible Spaces] in ''Archival Outlook'' (July/August 2019) [mailto:janeLydia.tang@nowherelyrasis.org Lydia Tang's email address] ==Nomination instructions== '''Keynote nominations are now closed. These instructions are retained here for reference.''' Nominations for Keynote speakers for the Code4Lib 2023 Conference are listed here. The conference will take place March 15-17, 2023 at Princeton University. When making a nomination, please consider whether the nominee is likely to be an excellent contributor in each of the following areas: 1) '''Appropriateness'''. Is this speaker likely to convey information that is useful to many members of our community? 2) '''Uniqueness'''. Is this speaker likely to cover themes that may not commonly appear in the rest of the program? 3) '''Contribution to diversity'''. Will this person bring something rare, notable, or unique to our community, through unusual experience or background? Please include a description and any relevant links. Please try to keep the list in alphabetical order. We require the following information in your nomination for a candidate to act as keynote:*Speaker’s full name*Brief description of individual (250-word max)*Pertinent links (Maximum of 3)*Contact information for candidate (email address) The Keynote Committee will attempt to contact all nominees and will only include on the ballot those who consent to be nominated. ''If you would prefer to submit a nomination anonymously, please send your nominee(s) to Tyler Wade at tw8766@princeton.edu [mailto:tw8766@princeton.edu tw8766@princeton.edu].''  Please follow the formatting guidelines: <pre> == Nominee's Name == Description of no more than 250 words. [[Link(s) with contact information for nominee]] [mailto:email_link.foo janes_email_addressnominee's email address]  </pre>
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