<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.68;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="http://www.semlol.org/index.php" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(37,133,178);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Southeastern Michigan League of Libraries</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, SEMLOL, is preparing a program for the Spring membership meeting titled, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Library on a Dime: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Low or No Cost Tools or Resources</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> We welcome presentation, lightning talk, and poster proposals sharing your library’s efforts to reduce costs.  Examples include, but are not limited to, open source software, free tutorial delivery systems, and patron driven acquisition. Best practices, projects, and creative ideas are all welcome. Presentations should be 40 minutes long, including time for questions.  Lightning talks will be no longer than 10 minutes. Posters should be 48” x 36”.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.68;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Spring SEMLOL meeting will take place on Friday, March 29, 2019, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at Davenport University, Warren Michigan.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.68;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To submit a proposal, please send a title, name of speaker(s), and an abstract of no more than 250 words to </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(37,133,178);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:semlol.board@gmail.com">semlol.board@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, January 21, 2019</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Accepted proposals will be notified by the end of January.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.68;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LIS students are encouraged to submit proposals based on their coursework, jobs or internships.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.68;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to your submissions!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Holly Sorscher</span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:</div><div>SEMLOL Executive Board, Acting Chair</div>Southeastern Michigan League of Libraries<div><a href="http://www.semlol.org" target="_blank">www.semlol.org</a></div></div></div></div></div>