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<font face="verdana" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;"><b>MI-ALA 2017 Annual Conference: Call for Proposals</b></span></font></div>
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<font face="verdana" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;"><b><i>Making Connections: Academic Libraries, Communities, and Purpose</i></b></span></font></div>
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<font face="verdana" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;">May 18-19, <span tabindex="0" class="x_contextualExtensionHighlight x_ms-font-color-themePrimary x_ms-border-color-themePrimary x_ident_560_630">2017</span></span></font></div>
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<font face="verdana" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;"><span tabindex="0" class="x_contextualExtensionHighlight x_ms-font-color-themePrimary x_ms-border-color-themePrimary x_ident_633_775">MI-ALA invites you and your colleagues to submit
presentation proposals for the second annual conference to be held May 18-19 in Grand Rapids.</span> Please consider sharing your innovations, creative endeavors, and practical solutions in librarianship. We welcome proposals in any topic related to academic
libraries, including, but not limited to:</span></font></div>
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<font face="verdana" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;">Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is encouraged.</span></font></div>
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<font face="verdana" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;">Proposals for 50-minute long (including Q&A) presentations and workshops can be submitted only through t</span></font><a href="https://www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=1701925" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#1155CC"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;">he
online submission form</span></font></a><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size: 13.32px;"> and must be received by Friday, December 12, 2016. The primary contact for proposals will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal
when it is submitted and decisions on proposals will be communicated to the primary contact by Friday, January 20, 2017.</span></font></div>
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<font face="verdana" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size: 13.32px; background-color: transparent;">Questions about proposals can be sent to Hazel McClure </span></font><a href="mailto:mcclureh@gvsu.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#1155CC"><span style="font-size: 13.32px; background-color: transparent;">mcclureh@gvsu.edu</span></font></a><font face="verdana" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size: 13.32px; background-color: transparent;"> or
Cara Cadena </span></font><a href="mailto:cadenac@gvsu.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#1155CC"><span style="font-size: 13.32px; background-color: transparent;">cadenac@gvsu.edu</span></font></a><font face="verdana" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size: 13.32px; background-color: transparent;">.
Questions about the conference in general can be sent to </span></font><a href="mailto:conference@miala.org" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="verdana" size="1" color="#1155CC"><span style="font-size: 13.32px; background-color: transparent;">conference@miala.org</span></font></a><font face="verdana" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size: 13.32px; background-color: transparent;">.
Learn more at the <a href="http://www.miala.org/annual_conference_2017.php" target="_blank">conference webpage</a>. </span></font></div>
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