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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Please share this with your library-related networks and advocate organizations, and with any colleagues who may not be WLA members.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Program proposals are now being accepted for the 2014 Washington Library Association Conference, April 30- May 2 at the Wenatchee Convention Center & Coast Hotel. WLA's
Annual Conference is THE place to highlight innovative programs, emerging issues, and exciting advances in libraries. This is YOUR conference -- share your skills and experiences through leading a conference session or a preconference workshop.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Proposals are due no later than Friday, September 27, and the selection committee will notify applicants of the status of proposals by November 1.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">To submit a Preconference Workshop (3-7hrs long), please use this form.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">To submit a Conference Session (75 minutes long), please use this form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">All Preconference Workshops will be held April 30. All Conference Sessions will be held May 1-2. If you have questions regarding the proposal process, please contact
the program team below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">We look forward to hearing from YOU!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">--2014 Conference Program Chair, Cadi Russell-Sauvé<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">--WLA Conference Program Coordinator, Kate Laughlin
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Kate Laughlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Conference Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Washington Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">kate@wla.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">206-948-5301<o:p></o:p></span></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>
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