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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Call for Writers for the OLA Quarterly Spring 2011 Edition</span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - Proposal deadline extended to December 8, 2010</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The OLA Quarterly’s Spring 2011 issue will be about library staff and their travels, libraries as destinations, and how our library wanderlust has unearthed a variety of discoveries and surprises.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Through “Library Wonders and Wanderings: Travels Near and Far,” we will share our stories. If you enjoy visiting libraries when you travel, have worked in a library abroad, have “discovered” a library while on a trip or make travel plans to include libraries – I would love to hear about it! Join me as we embark on a written library adventure. </span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I would particularly like to hear from you if you have planned to visit a library in the scope of your travels - like visiting New York PL and its famous lions or taking a run up to Seattle to see what all the fuss is about at Central. Likewise, if you have tumbled across a treasure of a library as you have toured the country/world! These don't have to be full-blown articles - it would be great if we could compile some paragraphs of impressions or experiences. Photos are welcome, too! </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please send a brief summary (250 words or less) of your proposed article by December 8, 2010 to Pam North at <a href="mailto:pamn@wccls.org"><span style='color:blue'>pamn@wccls.org</span></a>. I will notify authors by December 15 and articles will be due by February 1, 2011.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For a list of guidelines for potential authors, check out: <a href="http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=64570&orgId=ola"><span style='color:blue'>http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=64570&orgId=ola</span></a>. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Back issues of OLAQ are available on OLA’s website at <a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=64573&orgId=ola"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=64573&orgId=ola</span></a>.</span></p></div></body></html>