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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Posted on behalf of ALA’s Association for Rural & Small Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Registration is now open for Big Talk From Small Libraries 2013!
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you haven’t heard of “Big Talk,” here is the description from their website.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>We’ve been listening! A comment we’ve heard pretty often is that so many presentations at conferences seem to be by and for librarians from larger libraries. Well, Big Talk From Small Libraries will change that.
<b>This free one-day online conference </b>is aimed at librarians from small libraries; the smaller the better. Each of our speakers is from a small library or directly works with small libraries. Topics range from technology (new tech and old tech) to programming
to partnering with your community. Come for the programs on what you’re dealing with now or maybe try something new. Everyone is welcome to register and attend, regardless of how big or small their library is, but if your library serves a few thousand people,
or a few hundred, this is the day for you.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You will find the announcement on the conference site at <a href="http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/2013/01/04/2013-registration-now-open/">
http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/2013/01/04/2013-registration-now-open/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline for program proposals is January, 7, so if you have a great idea, be sure to send in a proposal.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check out the <a href="http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/">
Big Talk</a> <span style="color:#1F497D">(<a href="http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/">http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/</a>) </span>website for more information.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Questions? Need more information? Contact Michael Saurers via this online contact form:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/contact/">http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/contact/</a>
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