<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_1240745968849757210gmail-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" target="_blank" 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 <span class="gmail-il">proposals</span> 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 <span class="gmail-il">proposal</span> 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 <span class="gmail-il">proposal</span>, 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" target="_blank">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 <span class="gmail-il">proposals</span> 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 <span class="gmail-il">proposals</span> 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 clear="all"><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>