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Please consider submitting a proposal for a breakout session program or a poster presentation at MLA 2020 Annual Conference, October 28-30, 2020 in Kalamazoo.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The MLA 2020 Annual Conference theme is
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Charting a New Course, Together</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Help us chart a new course! Submit your proposal for a breakout session or poster presentation by
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">May 1, 2020.</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">
We encourage participation from librarians, staff and administrators from all types of libraries!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Visit the Call for Proposals webpage to review the submission guidelines and submit your proposal using the online form:
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Questions? Contact Amber Sheerin, MLA Program and Event Director at (517) 394-2774 ext. 223 or asheerin@milibraries.org.</span>
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