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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">There
are only six weeks left to register at the Early Bird rate for the
Association for Rural & Small Libraries' annual conference to
be held in Tacoma, WA. Registration sold out last year for this
event and the conference hotel is already completely booked, so
now is the time to be making your decisions!<br>
</span><br>
Counting down the first five reasons you should come to Tacoma on
September <br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
4th through the 6th! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This
is what you tell your boss:</span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">#10
- Keynote Speaker Daniel Rasmus: Libraries Reimagined! Daniel
Rasmus is the futurist whose session our colleague raved about
when she returned from the Computers in Library conference.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">#9
- Pre-conference: Library Tours<br>
I could learn about space planning from three very different
libraries in the morning:</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12.0pt"> <span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A
modular library built quickly & green which uses the
bookstore method to shelve materials.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12.0pt"> <span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Or
I could see how King County Library, one of the best in the
country, builds in flexibility</span></p>
<p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span>
</span></span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Check
out an exquisitely restored and repurposed Carnegie library</span></p>
<p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Then
in the afternoon I could go to Rooms that Rock: practical tips
for library space planning.<br>
<br>
#8 - More Pre-conference: Which do you think I should
attend-how to design a literature festival for our community or
crafting a successful adult education program?<br>
<br>
#7 - Which would benefit our community more? Should I attend
the Gizmo Garage pre-conference at which I could simultaneously
increase my skill level with gadgets and learn about the program
or do I need to take the preconference about delivering youth
services now that Thelma is retiring?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">#6
- Keynote Speaker Samantha Becker: You don't have to do it all!
Samantha is going to cover that new benchmarking system for
technology, The Edge Initiative. It will give us information to
use with stakeholders.<br>
<br>
<b><i><u>This is what you tell your family:</u></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">#10
- Would you like to go hiking Mt Rainier, the snowy volcano
which dominates the eastern skyline?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">#9
- Or should we take a ferryboat ride on scenic Puget Sound?<br>
<br>
</span></p>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">#8
- Which would you prefer? Getting up close and personal with
polar bears at the Point Defiance Zoo or enjoying the zip line at
Northwest Trek Animal Park?<br>
<br>
#7 - How about a gondola ride up Crystal Mountain with spectacular
views of Mt. Rainier?<br>
<br>
#6 - Decide between LeMay: America's Car Museum which has a
special Mustang review downtown or go ten miles away to the LeMay
complete collection which covers acres?<br>
<br>
NOT CONVINCED YET? STAY TUNED FOR THE LAST FIVE REASONS TO
ATTEND! Or <br>
check out the website at <br>
<a href="http://arsl.info/category/conferences/conference-2014/"
target="_blank">http://arsl.info/category/<wbr>conferences/conference-2014/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Have you already made up your mind and are ready to register? <br>
<a
href="https://www.amrms.com/ssl/arsl/membership/Conference/Registration.aspx"
target="_blank">https://www.amrms.com/ssl/<wbr>arsl/membership/Conference/<wbr>Registration.aspx</a><br>
<br>
See you in Tacoma!</span>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Elizabeth M. Rivera
Library Assistant
Coquille Public Library
105 N Birch St
Coquille OR 97423
541-396-2166</pre>
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