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<span style="color:#1D2129">The Call for Speakers for Big Talk From Small Libraries 2018 is now open!
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<span style="color:#1D2129">This is a free one-day online conference aimed at librarians from small libraries; the smaller the better! We are looking for speakers from small libraries or speakers who directly work with small libraries. Small libraries of all
types – public, academic, school, museum, special, etc. – are encouraged to submit a proposal – we’re looking for seven 50-minute presentations and five 10-minute “lig<span class="textexposedshow">htning round” presentations.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2129">Big Talk From Small Libraries 2018 will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018 between 9:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Eastern) via the GoToWebinar online meeting service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D2129">If you are interested in presenting, please submit your proposal by Friday, January 12, 2018 at <a href="http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#365899">http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Speakers from libraries serving fewer than 10,000 people will be preferred, but presentations from libraries with larger service populations will be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D2129"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/btsl2018?source=feed_text&story_id=946416502174824"><span class="58cl"><span style="color:#4267B2;text-decoration:none">#</span></span><span class="58cm"><span style="color:#365899;text-decoration:none">BTSL2018</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shannon White<br>
Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
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