<div dir="ltr">Just passing along this information regarding the Association of Rural and Small Libraries conference....see below.<div>Colleen<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p class="MsoNormal">
<br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Colleen Leddy, Director<br>Stair Public Library<br>228 W. Main St.<br>Morenci, MI 49256<br>517/458-6510<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">There
are only six weeks left to register at the Early Bird rate for
the Association for Rural & Small Libraries' annual
conference to be held in Tacoma, WA. Registration sold out last
year for this event and the conference hotel is already
completely booked, so now is the time to be making your
decisions!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Counting
down the first five reasons you should come to Tacoma on
September <br>
4th through the 6th! <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This
is what you tell your boss:<u></u><u></u></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">#10
- Keynote Speaker Daniel Rasmus: Libraries Reimagined! Daniel
Rasmus is the futurist whose session our colleague raved about
when she returned from the Computers in Library conference.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">#9
- Pre-conference: Library Tours<br>
I could learn about space planning from three very different
libraries in the morning:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A
modular library built quickly & green which uses the
bookstore method to shelve materials.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Or
I could see how King County Library, one of the best in the
country, builds in flexibility<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Check
out an exquisitely restored and repurposed Carnegie library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Then
in the afternoon I could go to Rooms that Rock: practical tips
for library space planning.<br>
<br>
#8 - More Pre-conference: Which do you think I should
attend-how to design a literature festival for our community or
crafting a successful adult education program?<br>
<br>
#7 - Which would benefit our community more? Should I attend
the Gizmo Garage pre-conference at which I could simultaneously
increase my skill level with gadgets and learn about the program
or do I need to take the preconference about delivering youth
services now that Thelma is retiring?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">#6
- Keynote Speaker Samantha Becker: You don't have to do it all!
Samantha is going to cover that new benchmarking system for
technology, The Edge Initiative. It will give us information to
use with stakeholders.<br>
<br>
<b><i><u>This is what you tell your family:</u></i></b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">#10
- Would you like to go hiking Mt Rainier, the snowy volcano
which dominates the eastern skyline?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">#9
- Or should we take a ferryboat ride on scenic Puget Sound?<br>
<br>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">#8
- Which would you prefer? Getting up close and personal with
polar bears at the Point Defiance Zoo or enjoying the zip line at
Northwest Trek Animal Park?<br>
<br>
#7 - How about a gondola ride up Crystal Mountain with spectacular
views of Mt. Rainier?<br>
<br>
#6 - Decide between LeMay: America's Car Museum which has a
special Mustang review downtown or go ten miles away to the LeMay
complete collection which covers acres?<br>
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NOT CONVINCED YET? STAY TUNED FOR THE LAST FIVE REASONS TO
ATTEND! Or <br>
check out the website at <br>
<a href="http://arsl.info/category/conferences/conference-2014/" target="_blank">http://arsl.info/category/conferences/conference-2014/</a><br>
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Have you already made up your mind and are ready to register? <br>
<a href="https://www.amrms.com/ssl/arsl/membership/Conference/Registration.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.amrms.com/ssl/arsl/membership/Conference/Registration.aspx</a><br>
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See you in Tacoma!<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
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Vicki Grimli
Ortonville/Graceville/Kerkhoven Public Library
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