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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Attention, library land: Registration for the 2019 OLA–WLA Conference is right around the corner!</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Conference details</span></u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">:</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">When: April 17–20, 2019</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Where: Hilton Vancouver, Vancouver, WA</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">After six long years, the joint conference of the Oregon Library Association (OLA) and Washington Library Association
(WLA) is back! Mark your calendars to attend this "Super Conference" and come to Vancouver for four full days packed with professional development opportunities, exciting networking events, amazing keynote speakers, lots of food, and tons of fun!</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Conference website</span></u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">:</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Registration costs, pre-conferences, and educational programs are now available for you to review prior to the launch
of registration. See the official conference website for more information: <a href="https://www.wla.org/2019-ola-wla-conference" target="_blank">https://www.wla.org/2019-ola-wla-conference</a>.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Registration info</span></u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">:</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Early-bird registration will open on MONDAY, JANUARY 14<sup>th</sup> – less than a week! – and will remain open through
March 6. We encourage you to register early, not only because they’re the best rates but also because we anticipate an extremely full house.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Not a member of OLA and want to take advantage of member rates? You can, by joining today! See <a href="https://www.olaweb.org/join-now" target="_blank">https://www.olaweb.org/join-now</a> to
learn how. </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Watch for more announcements in the coming days and weeks, but please don’t hesitate to direct specific questions to
your OLA Conference Committee Chair Sue Ludington (<a href="mailto:lawlibrariansue.ola@gmail.com" target="_blank">lawlibrariansue.ola@gmail.com</a>) or Conference Communications Coordinator Susan Davis (<a href="mailto:sdavis@josephinelibrary.org" target="_blank">sdavis@josephinelibrary.org</a>),
or WLA Administration staff (<a href="mailto:info@wla.org" target="_blank">info@wla.org</a>).</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you in April!</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Susan Davis, MLIS</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Communications Coordinator</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">2019 OLA-WLA Conference Committee</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Youth Services Librarian</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Josephine Community Library District</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">200 NW C Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Grants Pass, OR 97526<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sdavis@josephinelibrary.org">sdavis@josephinelibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">ph. 541-476-0571 ext. 107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">“You can find magic<br>
wherever you look.<br>
Sit back and relax,<br>
all you need is a book.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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¯ <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61105.Dr_Seuss"><b>Dr. Seuss</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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