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We only have 3 proposals (from 2 individuals) so far. I've just sent a reminder of the call for proposals to LITA-L, Web4Lib, and Code4Lib. Please...</div>
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Technology and Libraries</a> (ITAL),</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Arial; background-color:transparent; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"> the quarterly open-access
journal published by ALA's Library Information Technology Association, is looking for contributors for its regular "Public Libraries Leading the Way" column. This column highlights a technology-based innovation or approach to problem solving from a public
library perspective. Topics we are interested in include the following, but proposals on any other technology topic are welcome.</span></p>
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propose a topic, use </span><a href="https://forms.gle/LWgLeaRtPWAuadgm9" title="https://forms.gle/LWgLeaRtPWAuadgm9" style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202);color: blue;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Arial; background-color:transparent; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text-decoration:underline; text-decoration-skip:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">this
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