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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please forward to your Library Organization or other interested parties:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Program proposals are still being accepted through September 28 for the
<a href="http://2013conference.wla.org/" target="_blank">2013 OLA-WLA Conference</a> being held April 24-26 in Vancouver, WA. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Don't miss being an integral part of the action! Oregon & Washington libraries join forces for this event only once every 5 years. With the conference theme, "The Future is NOW
-- Network OR & WA,"<b> </b>we are focusing on <i>the future of libraries and what we can be doing right now</i>, individually and collaboratively, to remain relevant and even trend-setting!
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To submit a proposal for a Preconference Workshop (either 3-4 or 6-7hrs long) <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDkyREkzQlVlbHhMSEhxUS1DX0hCdFE6MA#gid=0" target="_blank">
please use this form</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">To submit a proposal for a Conference Session (75 minutes long)
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGJ6WHJVakZJaF9KbnBhX2ZULXNpNXc6MA#gid=0" target="_blank">
please use this form</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The selection committee will notify applicants of the status of proposals by November 2. All Preconference workshops will be held on April 24. All Conference sessions will be held
on April 25-26. If you have questions regarding the proposal process, please contact the program team below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i>We look forward to hearing from YOU!</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">--OLA and WLA Program Chairs, Janet Tapper and Cadi Russell-Sauvé
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<p class="MsoNormal">--WLA Program Coordinator, Kate Laughlin <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Janet Tapper, MLS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">University Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">University of Western States<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">W. A. Budden Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">2900 NE 132<sup>nd</sup> Avenue | Portland | Oregon 97230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:jtapper@uws.edu"><span style="color:blue">jtapper@uws.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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