<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-40d145d1-7fff-90d5-175b-3c58717fd4b4"><p style="line-height:2.016;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt">Good Afternoon,</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.016;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;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-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(37,133,178);background-color:transparent;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-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, SEMLOL, is preparing a program for the Fall membership meeting titled,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Practice What You Preach:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Research and Publication Process for Librarians.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> We welcome interactive workshop, presentation, lightning talk, and poster proposals sharing your experiences with a variety of research and publication formats.  Examples include but are not limited to: lessons learned from both successful and unsuccessful research experiences, determining where to publish your professional writing, and navigating the submission proposal process. Best practices, interactive activities, and creative ideas are all welcome.  Presentations may be anywhere from 10 - 40 minutes long with time for questions.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.016;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Fall SEMLOL meeting will take place on</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, November 22 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at the University of Detroit Mercy McNichols Campus.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.016;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;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-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;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-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Accepted proposals will be notified by the end of September.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.016;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;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:2.016;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;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:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Holly Sorscher</span></p></span>Chair<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</div>Southeastern Michigan League of Libraries<div><a href="http://www.semlol.org" target="_blank">www.semlol.org</a></div></div></div></div></div>