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<p class="MsoNormal">I am forwarding this message on behalf of the Michigan Academic Association (MiALA) Conference Planning Committee. Excuse posting to multiple lists. Please forward to anyone/group that you believe may benefit from receiving this information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) 2018 Annual Conference: Call for Presentation Proposals</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">SUSTAINABILITY IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">May 17-18, 2018</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Kellogg Center at Michigan State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">East Lansing, MI</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">MiALA invites you and your colleagues to submit presentation proposals for the 3rd annual conference to be held May 17-18,
2018 in East Lansing. Please consider sharing your innovations, creative endeavors, and practical solutions for
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Sustainability in Academic Librarianship.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">How do we sustain ourselves within the profession? How do we sustain our libraries and institutions? How do we work (or what is our obligation) environmentally
and socially? How do we sustain our community?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">We welcome proposals in any topic related to the conference theme, including, but not limited to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Accessibility</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Administration</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Assessment and Evaluation</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Budgets</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Cataloging and Metadata</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Collections</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Distance or Online Learning</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Critical Librarianship</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Education and Curriculum</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Electronic Resources</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Instruction and Information Literacy</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Leadership</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Mid-Level Management</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Open Educational Resources</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Outreach</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Research Services or Reference</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Resource Sharing</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Technical Services</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Technology</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">User Experience</span><o:p></o:p></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Web Development and Design</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is
encouraged.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Proposals for presentations, panels, workshops, or facilitated discussions (40 minutes), mini-presentations (20 minutes),
or lightning talks (10 minutes) can be submitted using the </span><a href="https://www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=1701925"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">online submission form</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">
and must be received by </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Friday, December 15, 2017<span style="background:white">. The primary contact listed on each proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of
the proposal when it is submitted and decisions on all proposals will be communicated to the primary contact by
</span>Friday, January 26, 2018. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Questions about proposals can be sent to t<span style="background:white">he Programming Coordinator, Christine Tobias (tobiasc@msu.edu)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
Questions about the conference in general can be sent to </span><a href="mailto:conference@miala.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">conference@miala.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">.
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