<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-8e8956ae-8019-5ce2-6fe8-c17f9e21c736">Hello everyone: </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-8e8956ae-8019-5ce2-6fe8-c17f9e21c736">The Oregon Virtual Reference Summit team invites you to share ideas at this year's Oregon Virtual Reference Summit OLA Pre-Conference. Send us an idea you would like to present. Fill out the short application below, and</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-8e8956ae-8019-5ce2-6fe8-c17f9e21c736"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-8e8956ae-8019-5ce2-6fe8-c17f9e21c736"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-8e8956ae-8019-5ce2-6fe8-c17f9e21c736">if you have any questions</span>, just send me an email: <a href="mailto:stafford@multco.us">stafford@multco</a>.us</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-8e8956ae-8019-5ce2-6fe8-c17f9e21c736">.</span></div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-8e8956ae-8019-5ce2-6fe8-c17f9e21c736">-Beverly Stafford<br></span><div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="docs-internal-guid-8e8956ae-8019-5ce2-6fe8-c17f9e21c736"><br class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Oregon Virtual Reference Summit </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Lightning</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> Talks – You, 5 minutes, and a captive audience.</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The 2015 Oregon Virtual Reference Summit invites you share your ideas about chat, email, and text reference services in a 5 minute Lightning Talk <br>at the </span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/ola-conference-2015" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Oregon Library Association Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/conference-2015---preconference-sessions" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Summit pre-conference</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">. Contribute a short talk to add sparks of interest to the day’s events. </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Pre-conference date: Wednesday April 15, 2015 | Eugene, Oregon | Eugene Hilton</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> <br class=""></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Apply by March 15, 2015 | Send us your ideas: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/multco.us/forms/d/1AJKcTa3w34XjHw7elN2tzrzhznyuqBLpIsTf3IORReo/viewform" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Application form</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> | Questions? Send email to: <a href="mailto:stafford@multco.us">stafford@multco.us</a></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><hr></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The Oregon Virtual Reference Summit is Oregon’s annual conference dedicated to reference, service, and technology. It is a one-day conference that strives for a fun, friendly, inclusive environment with reference-focused content appropriate for all skill levels, library types, and experiences.<br><br><br></span><div><div class="gmail_signature"><br><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Beverly B. Stafford, Information Services Librarian</font><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Central Library, Multnomah County Library</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland OR 97205</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a value="+15039885123" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">503.988.5123</a> ext. 85478</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Sunday - Thursday </font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div></div></div>
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