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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>The San Jose State University School of Information excitedly announces the <a href="http://www.library20.com/">Library 2.017 Worldwide Virtual Conference</a>. There will be three topic-specific conferences held throughout the year, with e</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>ach three-hour event featuring an opening and closing keynote session and crowd-sourced presentations. <b>Registration is free</b>.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>The first date is set for March 29, 2017, and will cover expertise, competencies and careers. The other two web conferences will be held in June and October and cover the topics of digital literacy and makerspaces.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Library 2.017: Expertise, Competencies and Careers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>All library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators from around the world are <span style='color:black'>invited to attend and participate in the <a href="http://www.library20.com/expertise-competencies-and-careers">March web conference</a> s</span>ponsored by the American Library Association’s “Libraries Transform: The Expert in the Library” campaign. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>What: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Library and Information Experts Succeeding in the 21st Century: A Town Hall Dialogue on Competencies, Careers, and Successful Practice</span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Date: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Wednesday,<b> </b>March 29, 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=m-8511308473056637099m-2283293125221211922gmail-yiv2321840140xmsonormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='color:black'>Time:</span></b><span style='color:black'> 12 – 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (Opening Keynote from 12 – 1 p.m.)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Location: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Online<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Cost:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> Free </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Moderated by Dr. Julie Todaro, ALA president, the opening <a href="http://www.library20.com/expertise-competencies-and-careers">keynote panel</a> of thought leaders will explore competencies, careers and successful practices for 21<sup>st</sup> century information professionals. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The keynote panel dialogue will be followed by 10-15 crowd-sourced 30-minute presentations. The online and participatory conference presents a unique opportunity to showcase the research, work, or thinking on the skills and knowledge needed to support libraries of the future. The <a href="http://www.library20.com/page/call-for-proposals">call for proposals</a> is now open. <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Held entirely online, the Library 2.017 web events are free to attend. The global conference was co-founded in 2011 by Dr. Sandra Hirsh of the <a href="http://ischool.sjsu.edu/">San Jose State University School of Information</a> and Steve Hargadon of The Learning Revolution. Recorded sessions from past conferences are </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.library20.com/">archived</a><span style='color:black'> and freely available.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:#FFFFFD'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please visit the conference website at <a href="http://www.library20.com/">library20.com</a> for more information, including speaker biographies, proposal guidelines and registration. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Library 2.0 conferences are open to everyone. Forward this email to your friends and colleagues and share your excitement using #library2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Nicole Purviance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Director of Marketing and Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>School of Information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>San Jose State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>One Washington Square<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>San Jose, CA 95192-0029<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="mailto:nicole.purviance@sjsu.edu">nicole.purviance@sjsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://ischool.sjsu.edu">http://ischool.sjsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>