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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Forwarded on behalf of the Michigan Academic Library Association. Excuse duplicate posting. Please forward to anyone/list that may find this information useful.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks! – heather<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Call for Posters<b> - MI-ALA Annual Conference 2017</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Making Connections: Academic Libraries, Communities, and Purpose</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">May 18 & 19, 2017</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eberhard Center at Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You are invited to Grand Rapids and GVSU for the second MI-ALA conference to showcase your innovations in library science. We are excited to see how librarians across the great state of Michigan are harnessing
their vision to make connections and show purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We're interested in poster proposals on topics in every area of librarianship, from the front lines and from behind the scenes, addressing the range of issues of critical concern to academic libraries. Broad
participation is encouraged from librarians, staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries (including but not limited to public universities, private colleges, and community colleges). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Poster proposals should include a description of no more than 300 words. Poster proposals will be evaluated on relevance to the academic library profession, originality and creativity, and clarity/applicability
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please submit your poster proposal by <b>February 17, 2017</b>. Submitters will be contacted about the status of their proposed poster by March 7, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You must be a member of MI-ALA to submit a proposal. Regardless of the decision on a proposal, MI-ALA encourages you to attend the conference. Poster session proposals may also be submitted if your presentation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Any questions may be sent to the Poster Session Coordinator, David Scott (<a href="mailto:scottd@ferris.edu">scottd@ferris.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To submit your poster proposal, use this link: <a href="https://www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=1703147">https://www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=1703147</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To find out more about the conference, go here: <a href="http://miala.org/annual_conference_2017.php">http://miala.org/annual_conference_2017.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">David Scott | Outreach & User Engagement Librarian</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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