Colleagues,

You can now register for the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) 2018 conference on the official conference website http://acuril2018republicadominicana.com/?lang=en_ushttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__acuril2018republicadominicana.com_-3Flang-3Den-5Fus&d=DwMFAg&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=3EJvQpkppcJkLkYB95rE8w&m=56vCJaXADTNso0Zq0KTO4-_Aa7Kkj-PTWWHMsE4kxMk&s=FwQEh6BwJRvT_IL7xtmcRl_yGUVJ3gmTafNFHMEiFpE&e= which was recently launched. The conference will be held on June 3-7 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The theme for this year's conference is Open Access in Caribbean Libraries, Archives and Museums: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions. ACURIL's President, our colleague Kumaree Ramtahal, has convened a Programme Committee with a mandate of developing a conference program which highlights Caribbean and global case studies on managing open access issues. These issues will be addressed under four subthemes (Open Access: Global/Caribbean Context; Open Access: Policy, Strategy and Advocacy; Open Access: Professional Development and User Education; Open Access: Innovation and Trends).

The ACURIL 2018 conference offers unique opportunities (The 3 C's) for Continuing Education (professional development), Contributing scholarly works (submit a paper, poster, workshop presentation) and Collaborating (network with your colleagues from the English, French, Dutch and Spanish-speaking Caribbean). If you have questions please contact Programme Committee members listed below:

* Kumaree Ramtahal, Kumaree.Ramtahal@sta.uwi.edumailto:Kumaree.Ramtahal@sta.uwi.edu

* Lorraine Nero, Lorraine.Nero@sta.uwi.edumailto:Lorraine.Nero@sta.uwi.edu

* Cheryl Peltier-Davis, Cheryl.Peltier-Davis@sta.uwi.edumailto:Cheryl.Peltier-Davis@sta.uwi.edu

* Jolie Rajah, Librarian, Jolie.Rajah@sta.uwi.edumailto:Jolie.Rajah@sta.uwi.edu

* Niala Dwarika-Bhagat, Niala.Dwarika-Bhagat@sta.uwi.edumailto:Niala.Dwarika-Bhagat@sta.uwi.edu

* Joy Smith, Joy.Smith@sta.uwi.edumailto:Joy.Smith@sta.uwi.edu

* Portia Bowen-Chang, Portia.Bowen-Chang@sta.uwi.edumailto:Portia.Bowen-Chang@sta.uwi.edu

* Beverley Wood, beverley.wood@cavehill.uwi.edumailto:beverley.wood@cavehill.uwi.edu

* Laurie Taylor, laurien@ufl.edumailto:laurien@ufl.edu

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