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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1D2129">My Boss Is a ####<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1D2129">Please join the LLAMA Practical and Applied Management Committee on Thursday, December 20, 2-3pm EST for “My Boss Is a ####”, a lively discussion on the topic of coping, managing,
strategizing, and succeeding when you do not see eye-to-eye with your boss. This discussion is part of our supervisory conversation chat series called Practical Management or Practical Magic?, in which we strive to offer a synchronous forum for all interested
participants--regardless of your membership status in ALA or your position in a library. Our featured moderators this month are Scott Muir, Associate Provost at Rowan University, and Mary Moser, Engagement and Advancement Librarian at UMass Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1D2129">Join the webinar via Zoom next Thursday (no advance registration required): <a href="https://umassboston.zoom.us/j/496421941?fbclid=IwAR1cnOfedMfhfWlETz9f_zLeT5jyNUa3F7lJwJKQrLV6jo1dgh0wK_pDNwQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#365899;text-decoration:none">https://umassboston.zoom.us/j/496421941</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1D2129">Please also consider submitting questions or scenarios in advance via our online form that can be discussed by the moderators during the chat next week. <a href="https://bit.ly/2LeWy1F?fbclid=IwAR1cwfaGdXLq5GEUfIhz0iBeQttCzAx56ZDYkzUbV-C9bpgVsBjg7J9bObQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#365899;text-decoration:none">https://bit.ly/2LeWy1F</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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