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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) 2024 Annual Conference:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Call for Presentation Proposals closing on January 19</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Libraries: Where Ideas Take Flight</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">MiALA invites you and your colleagues to submit presentation proposals for the 9th annual conference to be held<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>in-person, May
15-17, 2024 at The Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI</b>. Participation from librarians, library staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries is encouraged. MiALA membership is not required to submit
a proposal. We welcome proposals on topics covering any aspect of academic libraries.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">We are seeking the following presentation formats:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Interactive workshops (105 min.)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;line-height:11.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Lightning Talks (10 min.)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121">If you have a topic you’d like to explore and are looking for collaborators, consider adding your session idea to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1GCQ45iTfsMH0Olzfi1HUhjQskytxl0DKdXlPiosbBU8/edit" title="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1GCQ45iTfsMH0Olzfi1HUhjQskytxl0DKdXlPiosbBU8/edit"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Breakout
Session Collaboration</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121">spreadsheet.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>This
spreadsheet is not monitored by MiALA or the Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process.</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121">Please submit your breakout session proposal using the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://www.memberleap.com/members/form_edit.php?org_id=MALA&fid=6715791" title="https://www.memberleap.com/members/form_edit.php?org_id=MALA&fid=6715791"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">application
form located here</span></b></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121">by
January 19, 2024.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">The primary contact listed on each proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when
it is submitted and decisions on proposals will be communicated to the primary contact in late January or early February.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">Questions about proposals can be sent to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:julie.garrison@wmich.edu" title="mailto:julie.garrison@wmich.edu"><span style="color:#1155CC">julie.garrison@wmich.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121">Questions about the conference in general can be sent to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:conference@miala.org" title="mailto:conference@miala.org"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">conference@miala.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Dean, University Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Western Michigan University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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