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<div style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Date: Saturday, October 10th, 6-9 PM</span></font></b></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Location: Elephant's Deli Garden Room, 115 NW 22nd, Portland, OR 97210</span></font></b></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Presented by: ORSLA</span></font></b></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cost: $30 students, $35 members, $40 non-members</span></font></b></font></div>
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<font face="Arial"><b><font size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><font face="Arial" size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b><font color="#290098">Now - <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**7**</span> reasons why you should attend (see below for the additional one!):</font></b></span></font></span></div>
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Aaron Schmidt. </span></font><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> As the Digital Initiatives Librarian for the District of Columbia Public Library, Aaron's insights will provide you with tools you can begin applying immediately.</span></font></span></span><br>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Web 2.0</span></font></b><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">: Can you really learn too much about it?</span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Aaron's interactive talk will introduce trends in social media and usability that work to your advantage. </span></font></span><br>
<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Career agility and collaboration. </span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Not only will you learn from Aaron's insights, you'll also have the opportunity to share best practices with other attendees. Come collaborate and engage with your community of practitioners.</span></font></span><br>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Students are always welcome. </span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">There are many career paths outside of public and academic libraries. Come learn about exciting opportunities in special librarianship. Financial support for students is available--contact Cindy Romaine at <a href="mailto:cindy.romaine@romainiacs.com" target="_blank">cindy.romaine@romainiacs.com</a>.</span></font></span></span></span></font></blockquote>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Meet leaders. </span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Get introduced to the people who are working to make ORSLA an organization benefiting all information professionals. We'll be introducing the 2010 ORSLA board members. Use this opportunity to let them know your thoughts and concerns.</span></font></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Networking.</span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> This will be an excellent opportunity to meet new people and catch up with colleagues. Remember to bring those business cards!<br>
<br style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><div class="im"><font style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" size="6"><b>Meet SLA's newest President-Elect! </b>Cindy Romaine, current ORSLA President, has just been elected SLA President-Elect for 2010. She will be in attendance at our banquet, and is excited to meet and talk to her constituents!</font><br>
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">More about Aaron Schmidt:</span><br><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><b><br>
</b></span></font><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Aaron Schmidt is the Digital Initiatives Librarian for the District of Columbia Public Library. He helps plan forward thinking, fun projects for the library, helping them connect to the community and teach them about the Read/Write Web. He also assists with website visioning, conducts usability testing, leads the library's Library 2.0 Interest Group and helps coordinate and generate ideas for the library's digital research and development project called DC Library Labs.</span><br>
<font face="arial, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">He has published articles on social media and libraries in publications such as Library Journal and Online has presented on the topic of library technology and usability throughout the United States, and in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Spain. In 2005 Schmidt was named a Library Journal "Mover & Shaker." You can find him online at his library technology and usability weblog <a href="http://www.walkingpaper.org/" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);" target="_blank">www.walkingpaper.org</a>.</span></blockquote>
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