<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The Call for Speakers for Big Talk From Small Libraries is open! Deadline is January 18.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Coming up in February of 2019 is the 8<sup>th</sup> annual Big Talk from Small Libraries online conference. The Nebraska Library Commission has been hosting this completely online and free event to support
small library staff learning across the country. If you work at a small library this is your
<b>online</b> conference. Several Michigan library staff members have previously presented at this conference. Take some time to consider sharing ideas by submitting a proposal for the February event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
This free one-day online conference is aimed at librarians from small libraries; the smaller the better!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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 <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnlcblogs.nebraska.gov%2Fbigtalk%2Fcall-for-speakers%2F&data=02%7C01%7CAtkinE%40michigan.gov%7Ce3657a04f3a74bce714c08d665d3f557%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C636808358351807726&sdata=6Z19Lt01qybgkwF4zf28N%2Bb9Cz4jZ5KVj84cgTtBO%2BM%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:#0066CC;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">submit
a proposal</span></a> We’re looking for seven 50-minute presentations and five 10-minute “lightning round” presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Big Talk From Small Libraries 2019 will be held on Friday, February 22, 2019 between 8:45 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (CT) via the GoToWebinar online meeting service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you are interested in presenting, <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">please <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnlcblogs.nebraska.gov%2Fbigtalk%2Fcall-for-speakers%2F&data=02%7C01%7CAtkinE%40michigan.gov%7Ce3657a04f3a74bce714c08d665d3f557%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C636808358351807726&sdata=6Z19Lt01qybgkwF4zf28N%2Bb9Cz4jZ5KVj84cgTtBO%2BM%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:#0066CC">submit
your proposal</span></a> by Friday, January 18, 2019</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnlcblogs.nebraska.gov%2Fbigtalk%2Fcall-for-speakers%2F&data=02%7C01%7CAtkinE%40michigan.gov%7Ce3657a04f3a74bce714c08d665d3f557%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C636808358351807726&sdata=6Z19Lt01qybgkwF4zf28N%2Bb9Cz4jZ5KVj84cgTtBO%2BM%3D&reserved=0">http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/call-for-speakers/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>