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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">We have created two new options to expand participation in our PNC/MLA 2016 conference: 1) Keynote Panel Only registration ($30) for those of you interested
in just stopping by to hear and participate in the Q&A of our panel <b><span style="color:black">“Getting To Know Mary Jane: The Perils and Promise of Marijuana Policy and Practice”
</span></b><span style="color:black">(10 a.m.-11:15 a.m., Monday, October 17) and free full conference admission for current students who submit an
<b>accepted</b> Paper, Poster, or Lightning Talk Proposal (there are several times for papers, posters, and talks Monday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 18).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">More information on each of these options below!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">>>>><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">The</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><a href="http://pnc-mla.cloverpad.org/annual2016"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="color:#1155CC">Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (PNC/MLA) 2016 conference</span></a><span style="color:black"> (being held Monday and Tuesday, October 17-18, 2016 in beautiful downtown Portland, Oregon at Urban
Studio) features a keynote panel (10 a.m.-11:15 a.m.) on the changes in Oregon and Washington around medical and recreational marijuana. If you have wondered what the individual and collective impact of these changing laws and health care practices will be,
now is your chance to find out!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">“Getting To Know Mary Jane: The Perils and Promise of Marijuana Policy and Practice”
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">features Sunil Kumar Aggarwal, M.D., Ph.D., a physician-scientist specializing in life-threatening illness and chronic pain, and affiliated faculty at MultiCare Institute of
Research and Innovation; Candice Beathard, Ph.D., M.A., a policy research analyst (specializing in drug policy) at Washington State University; and Nicole Corbin, LPC, Adult Behavioral Health Services Manager for the Oregon Health Authority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">What questions would you like to ask of a doctor who prescribes cannabis for treatment?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">What questions do you have about marijuana policy?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">What questions do you have related to addictions treatment and abuse and addiction prevention?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Email your questions to Sue Phelps,
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:asphelps@wsu.edu"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">asphelps@wsu.edu</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black"> !<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1D2129;background:white">Interested in just the Keynote Panel on Monday, October 17? We now have a registration option for that! Go to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><a href="http://pnc-mla.cloverpad.org/event-2301761" target="_blank"><span style="color:#365899;background:white;text-decoration:none">http://pnc-mla.cloverpad.org/event-2301761</span></a><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">,
click on the "Register" link, and choose the Keynote Panel option ($30)! </span>
<a href="http://pnc-mla.cloverpad.org/event-2301761">http://pnc-mla.cloverpad.org/event-2301761</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">>>>><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Call for Papers/Posters/Lightning Talks:
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><a href="http://pnc-mla.cloverpad.org/annual2016">PNC-MLA Conference October 17 and 18, 2016</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Student papers are encouraged and welcome. Student conference rate is $80, but current students who submit an accepted Paper, Poster or Lightning Talk Proposal will be offered free admission
to the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">We invite proposals for paper presentations, posters/exhibits, and Lightning Talks. Contributed papers will follow a 15 minute presentation, 5 minute question format, to be presented on October
17th and 18th (exact time TBD). Posters will be presented October 17th in the late afternoon, and will be limited in size to 3’ x 4’. Lightning Talks are brief, five minute presentations and are an excellent fit for project updates, technology or service ideas,
and spirited or controversial questions for the profession.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Submissions should include a title, complete author and affiliation list, and an abstract of up to 500 words. Please indicate which author is presenting. Submissions deadline has been extended
to September 22nd, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Use this link for submissions.
<a href="http://goo.gl/forms/V1sAeKW5JD8duHIA3">http://goo.gl/forms/V1sAeKW5JD8duHIA3</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">For more information regarding the conference, explore our website:
<a href="http://pnc-mla.cloverpad.org/annual2016">http://pnc-mla.cloverpad.org/annual2016</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">The Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (PNC/MLA) was established in October 1953 as a regional group, becoming an official chapter of MLA in October 1978. We are an organization
of librarians and information professionals, promoting excellence in the delivery of health sciences information and committed to promoting professional excellence among health care information providers.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">This conference, held this year in Portland Oregon, is an excellent opportunity for healthcare and consumer health librarians in our region to come together and share their recent projects, solutions
and best practices. Librarians from all health sciences libraries, and all individuals interested in the creation, organization, and dissemination of health and health care information, are encouraged to participate in this welcoming conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">>>>><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif">Laura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Laura Zeigen, MA, MLIS, MPH, AHIP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Liaison Librarian | Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Oregon Health & Science University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road - LIB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Portland, Oregon 97239<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:zeigenl@ohsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">zeigenl@ohsu.edu</span></a> | 503-494-0505<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">If it takes more than 20 minutes to find an answer, contact your librarian.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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