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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Forwarded on behalf of the Michigan Academic Library Association Annual Conference Planning Committee. Excuse posting to multiple lists. Please forward to anyone or group that you believe could benefit from this information!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) 2019 Annual Conference: </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://miala.org/accallforbreakoutproposals.php"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>Call for Presentation Proposals</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Submissions Due Friday, January 11, 2019</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222'>OUR VALUE: COMMUNICATING, PROMOTING, VISUALIZING</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>May 13-14, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Saginaw Valley State University</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><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 4th annual conference to be held May 13-14, 2019 at Saginaw Valley State University. 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'>communicating, promoting, or visualizing value in academic libraries. </span><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><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><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><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Accessibility</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Administration</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Assessment and Evaluation</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Budgets</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Cataloging and Metadata</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Collections</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Distance or Online Learning</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Critical Librarianship</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Education and Curriculum</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Electronic Resources</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Instruction and Information Literacy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Leadership</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Mid-Level Management</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Open Educational Resources</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Outreach</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Research Services or Reference</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Resource Sharing</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Technical Services</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>User Experience</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Web Development and Design</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Proposals for presentations, panels, or facilitated discussions (40 minutes) or mini-presentations (20 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, January 11, 2019<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, February 1, 2019. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Questions about proposals can be sent to <span style='background:white'>Amie Pifer (</span></span><a href="mailto:piferas1@cmich.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>pifer1as@cmich.edu</span></a><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'>or Elizabeth Webster (<a href="mailto:ewebster@msu.edu">ewebster@msu.edu</a>). 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'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Ebrima;color:#262626'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>