<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">ACRL-Oregon will award at least two scholarships to this year’s Fall Conference! Scholarships will cover registration (including food and housing) for the 2016 ACRL OR-WA Joint Conference, “<a href="https://acrloregon.org/2016-acrl-orwa-joint-conference/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">Enhancing Creativity and Turning Inspiration Into Reality</a>,” which will be held October 27-28, 2016, at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center in Corbett, Oregon.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">These scholarships are designed for <strong>those who live and/or work in Oregon</strong> (ACRL-WA has their own conference scholarships, info here at <a href="http://acrlwa.org/2016-ACRL-OR-WA-Joint-Conference-Scholarships" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">http://acrlwa.org/2016-ACRL-OR-WA-Joint-Conference-Scholarships</a>). Those who also meet at least <strong>one of the criteria below</strong> are eligible to apply. Each criteria that is met will be awarded points in the evaluation process.</p><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px"><li>First-time attendee of the joint conference.</li><li>ACRL-OR member.</li><li>MLIS student in an ALA-accredited program who lives in Oregon.</li><li>Paraprofessional employee in an Oregon academic library.</li><li>Part-time or temporary employee in an Oregon academic library.</li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity and <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/kspXlnds3xd2YW5Q2" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">apply</a> (the deadline is Friday, September 16)! For more details see <a href="https://acrloregon.org/acrl-oregon-scholarships/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">ACRL-OR Scholarships</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">For more information on the ACRL OR-WA Joint Conference (affectionately known as “library camp”), please see the <a href="https://acrloregon.org/2016-acrl-orwa-joint-conference/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">conference website</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">Questions? Please contact:</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">Uta Hussong-Christian, ACRL-OR Board Past-President and Conference Chair<br><a href="mailto:Uta.Hussong-Christian@oregonstate.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">Uta.Hussong-Christian@oregonstate.edu</a><br>Oregon State University</p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Communications Coordinator, ACRL-Oregon<br>Email:  <a href="mailto:acrlorcommunication@olaweb.org" target="_blank">acrlorcommunication@olaweb.org</a><br>Website:  <a href="http://acrloregon.org/" target="_blank">http://acrloregon.org/</a><br></div></div>
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