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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Don't miss the <i>October 26th</i> deadline for Early Bird Discount pricing for the MAME Conference! Register at: </span><a href="http://www.mimame.org/our-annual-conference.html" target="_blank">http://www.mimame.org/our-annual-conference.html</a></div>
<div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><div>The conference will be held Nov 20, 21, 22 at the Kalamazoo Radisson.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">You can find out more about the conference including a <a href="http://www.mimame.org/uploads/8/2/6/5/826513/mame40brochure.pdf" target="_blank">conference brochure</a> at the <a href="http://www.mimame.org/our-annual-conference.html" target="_blank">MAME Annual Conference webpage</a>. The full schedule is available online at: <a href="http://mameconference2013.sched.org/" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" target="_blank">http://mameconference2013.sched.org/</a></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Some highlights include:</p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <b> </b></span></span><b>Free panel session: <i>Public and School Library Collaboration: Common Core & More</i>! to be held on November 20 at the Kalamazoo Public Library</b></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Opening Keynote Speaker: ALA President, Barbara Stripling</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Closing Keynote Speaker: Literacy and Common Core Expert, Tim Shanahan</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Author Breakfast with 2013 Caldecott Honor Winner David Small and his wife, Sarah Stewart</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Featured Speakers:</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Nancy Robertson, State Librarian</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan, Authors of Booklist Blog <i>Bookends, </i>Book Talk Sessions</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Travis Jonker, Author of SLJ Blog <i>100 Scope Notes, </i>Book Talk Sessions</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>A few highlights of additional session speakers include:</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Marcia Mardis, Assistant Professor, Florida State University, <i>Developing Your Collection for Common Core and Open Educational Resources</i></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Brandy Archer, Michigan Department of Education, <i>Resources for Supporting Common Core</i></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Suzanne Robinson, MCLS, <i>MeL Primary Sources</i></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Meghan Finch, Assistant Professor, Oakland University, <i>RDA</i></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Kevin King, KPL, and Shawn Brommer, <i>Leadership</i></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Judy Sima, Storyteller, <i>History Alive</i></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>Melissa White, Genesse ISD & MSU, <i>Preparing for Online Assessments</i></p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;margin-left:1in"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span>and many, many more!!!</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Everyone is welcome to attend! Kalamazoo is a great city! <a href="http://www.parkerlibrary.info/MAMEDiscoverKalamazoo.pdf" target="_blank">Discover Kalamazoo</a> while at the conference.</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Hope to see you at the conference,</p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
Kathy Lester</p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">--</p><div><div dir="ltr">Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA<br>MAME President-Elect, Conference Chair, 2013<br>School Librarian<br><a href="http://www.libraryofmichiganfoundation.org/pages/slea.html" target="_blank"><i>2012 </i></a><a href="http://www.libraryofmichiganfoundation.org/pages/slea.html" target="_blank"><i>State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner</i></a><br>
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