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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b>Michigan Academic Libraries Association (MiALA) 2024 Annual Conference - Call for Poster Proposals</b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><b><i>Libraries: Where Ideas Take Flight</i></b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><i>"Libraries: Where Ideas Take Flight" captures the curiosity, optimism, and technological innovation propelling
academic libraries on an ascent towards new heights. As skilled navigators of knowledge, academic library workers are entrusted to ensure our communities' smooth voyage into intellectual exploration. Have you implemented a forward-looking approach, developed
a best practice, or have an engaging idea or project to share? If so, join us as a copilot on this journey, inspiring attendees with ideas that will shape the trajectory of librarianship and academic libraries into the future.</i></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">MiALA invites you and your colleagues to submit poster proposals for the 9th annual conference to be held<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.
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">We welcome posters in
<b>any</b> topic related to work in academic libraries, and particularly if they have a connection to the conference theme.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Poster proposals should include a description of no more than 300 words. They will be evaluated on impact on academic libraries and higher education, originality and creativity, and
clarity. If you submitted a presentation proposal that was not accepted, we encourage you to reframe your topic for consideration as a poster.</span></p>
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Session Guidelines page</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b>.</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>****</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please submit your poster proposal using the
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=6859987__;!!HXCxUKc!1n8nHUw_zosZsXvqUUH3k-3KVf6lVAsw5FQXGs0ge1rmvciereFIIfSSnhqgSi_trsQ_FP1uJOeNKiDTT3ZkjB2M3-m9cQ$" target="_blank" id="OWA840ea794-ccdc-cb40-8f3d-7d11989e4805" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=6859987__;!!HXCxUKc!1n8nHUw_zosZsXvqUUH3k-3KVf6lVAsw5FQXGs0ge1rmvciereFIIfSSnhqgSi_trsQ_FP1uJOeNKiDTT3ZkjB2M3-m9cQ$. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" shash="NQf5BUkELbk7AZLWG69u/X/HWNZqW7VznF5IVopSv+dut35UOKOiL63ycJ3g9ZmVTx8RVTMmPucW3NUKjqLnjFYxfJJbM+qdFaSa9eZ0A1qdGHFE/CAzswiiG8asxoBLVYHeDkVUAguFe9w9k4Wqh8ZCF4fNlswNtOU8jJQ/weU=" originalsrc="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=6859987__;!!HXCxUKc!1n8nHUw_zosZsXvqUUH3k-3KVf6lVAsw5FQXGs0ge1rmvciereFIIfSSnhqgSi_trsQ_FP1uJOeNKiDTT3ZkjB2M3-m9cQ$" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); margin: 0px;">online
form here</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b>by
<b>March 1, 2024.</b></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The primary contact listed on each proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when
it is submitted and decisions on proposals by mid-March.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Questions can be sent to poster team leader, Andrea McMillan (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:salaza27@msu.edu" id="OWA6083d698-62d9-024a-a47a-e67c61878183" class="OWAAutoLink" data-linkindex="2" data-ogsc="" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;">salaza27@msu.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">). </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Questions about the conference in general can be sent to
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:conference@miala.org" id="OWA4b280ee7-0b50-049a-2d7b-92509a1bb15d" class="OWAAutoLink" data-linkindex="3" data-ogsc="" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;">conference@miala.org</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p>
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