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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;background:white'>Librarianship is a verbal contact sport! Join us for the LYRASIS Polite Debate Society next week as our panelists explore the ethical principles of our work, and some scenarios that challenge those principles. This online session is FREE for members and you can join the action from your own desktop!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>LYRASIS Polite Debate Society presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Operating Principals and Standards: Engaging Responsibly With Users in Information Organizations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Wednesday September 12<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>1:00-2:30 ET<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Librarians are challenged daily by ongoing ethical quandaries involving service to our users. New and challenging situations also arise daily, stemming from the rapidly changing technology landscape, the changing nature of library use, and our need to help users to the best of our ability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Many librarians had, perhaps, a cursory review of the ALA Code of Ethics during their library school experience, but not until confronted with real-life situations can we truly find a context for applying this code—along with the rule of law—effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Join our panel, representing academic, public, and special libraries as they explore some challenging scenarios that will help us all to better understand and apply ethical principles to our daily work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Panelists: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Katrena Davis Kendrick, USC Lancaster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sarah Glassmeyer, Director of Content Development at Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction/CALI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Paul Hawkins, Director of South Central Kansas Library System<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Moderator: Russell Palmer, LYRASIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To Register: <b><span style='color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/8k43uea">http://tinyurl.com/8k43uea</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We look forward to seeing you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regan Harper<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director of Member Programs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LYRASIS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:regan.harper@lyrasis.org">regan.harper@lyrasis.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>800.999.8558 x 2953 Main<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>regan.harper Skype<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.lyrasis.org/">www.lyrasis.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LYRASIS: Advancing Libraries Together.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif"'>Please join us for our free annual member meeting, eGathering 2012, on November 1<sup>st</sup>. <a href="http://www.lyrasis.org/Classes-and-Events/LYRASIS-Annual-Member-Meeting.aspx">Click here</a> to learn more, enter the video contest and register.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>