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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALA's Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds Committee</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (RNTLOAK) invites rural library workers for the inaugural
<b>Rural Libraries Summit</b>. During this two-day summit, library workers will have the opportunity to hear new innovative initiatives happening at libraries across the United States, share challenges and successes, and network with peers. Conversations happening
at the summit include partnerships with academic libraries as well as tribal libraries, avenues for unique library funding, and more. All summit attendees are encouraged to join these conversations and share resources from their library and communities.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Rural Libraries Summit is May 25-26 and registration closes Friday, May 21. The summit is free to all attendees but will have a limited capacity, so please save your seat!</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/diversity/2021-rural-summit" target="_blank" title="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ala.org%2fadvocacy%2fdiversity%2f2021-rural-summit&data=04%7c01%7ccindy.fesemyer%40dpi.wi.gov%7ca70bd93f403c4eb4e82308d90e6d3093%7c1654d14032604903b5b718450051ce16%7c0%7c0%7c637556684437"><span style="color:#6888C9">Learn
more and register</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">; feel free to share with your networks as well.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><a href="mailto:diversity@ala.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:diversity@ala.org"><span style="color:#6888C9">diversity@ala.org</span></a></u>.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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